James Croot07:05, Jun 04 2021
Supplied
CREAMERIE (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Despite the premise, initial aesthetics and the presence of the luminous Tandi Wright, a dystopian drama akin to the under-rated, sadly short-lived
This is Not My Life, this Kiwi black comedy
is not. Instead, it’s an, at times anarchic, kind of anti-
Handmaid’s Tale that’s not for the easily offended. Our main trio are messy, complicated, straight-talking women and those unfamiliar with the production team’s previous shows
Flat3 and
Friday Night Bites could be in for either a hilarious surprise, or rude shock. Fans of the work of JJ Fong, Perlina Lau, Ally Xue and director Roseanne Liang, who also serves as one of
Why Idris Elba chose comedy to tell his most personal story
10 Feb, 2021 06:00 AM
9 minutes to read
With In the Long Run, Idris Elba wanted to turn his parents' "hardships and integration into the UK into stories that were lighthearted," he said. Photo / Getty Images
New York Times
By: Salamishah Tillet
In the Long Run, a sweetly comic series set in 1980s London, is based on the real-life childhood of an actor best known for intense dramas like The Wire and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
In the Long Run, which wrapped up its third season last year, is a comedy based on actor Idris Elba's childhood in the Holly Street Estate, a racially diverse public housing community in the Hackney borough of London. Set in the fictionalised Eastbridge Estate in the early '80s, Elba, who created the series for Britain's Sky One, plays Walter Easmon, who, like Elba's actual father, Winston, immigrated to England from Sierra Leone and worked in a nearby American-owned car parts factory.