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SBS On Demand New Zealanders always seem to pull off quirky comedy-dramas and this dystopian series is masterful, with deadpan humour and a terrific cast. Creamerie opens eight years after an unexplained virus has wiped out the world’s men and boys - we get a brief, gory montage of the virus taking hold in a men’s locker room, swiftly followed by huge pyres of men’s bodies - and New Zealand is now run by women. But life in the fictional Hiro Valley is not the feminist Utopia it appears to be. In a flip on The Handmaid’s Tale, women are in charge, but things have still deteriorated in...

The TV show without any men Free healthcare and education, plus mandatory menstruation leave. Sounds great. But then why is utopia so creepy? TV by Wenlei Ma 25th May 2021 5:01 PM A post-apocalyptic vision of the future doesn't usually make for laughs-a-plenty but there's plenty of dry, dark humour in Creamerie, a six-part comedy series from New Zealand. Set eight years after a pandemic - not Covid - wiped out half the world's population. Specifically, the male half. We see this great reaping in the opening scene, a slow-...

CORONER (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Serinda Swan stars in this adaptation of M.R. Hall's novels about recently widowed Toronto coroner Jenny Cooper, who probes suspicious deaths. This latest third season sees her dealing with new struggles and new cases – including Covid-related demises. “Swan is appealing as Jenny, and we're always happy when a procedural focuses as much on characters as it does on the case-of-the-week,” wrote 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-l...

CORONER (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Serinda Swan stars in this adaptation of M.R. Hall's novels about recently widowed Toronto coroner Jenny Cooper, who probes suspicious deaths. This latest third season sees her dealing with new struggles and new cases – including Covid-related demises. “Swan is appealing as Jenny, and we're always happy when a procedural focuses as much on characters as it does on the case-of-the-week,” wrote 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-l...

CORONER (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Serinda Swan stars in this adaptation of M.R. Hall's novels about recently widowed Toronto coroner Jenny Cooper, who probes suspicious deaths. This latest third season sees her dealing with new struggles and new cases – including Covid-related demises. “Swan is appealing as Jenny, and we're always happy when a procedural focuses as much on characters as it does on the case-of-the-week,” wrote 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-l...