The hardest part of this job is writing about drama. How do you get revved up for drama? “They said things in the right way. No jokes. Everyone was delivering their lines very earnestly. And then drama happened.” Every time a big drama project rolls around I worry: what can I say about the costume choices, the music, the direction? Because the acting in these things is always very pure, good, capital-A acting, and then never really gives me a critical in. It’s just: it’s drama.
Mary & George (5 March, 9pm, Sky Atlantic) then, which is a drama. The costumes are nice, the music is genuinely fantastic, the direction is gorgeous. But actually, something texturally interesting about Mary & George captured me from the off, and that’s it now. I get what you lot are always on about. Drama is good, finally, and I see why it always ends up winning awards.
