We’re a world obsessed with celebrity
culture. Newsagents’
shelves groan under the weight of tabloid magazines such as Now, Ok,
Hello, Heat, Grazia, all of which scream out hysterical headlines
about the most c-list of celebrities airing the dirtiest of laundry
in order to keep their names in the limelight for another five
minutes.
So you would think that a satirical show
which purports to examine this state of affairs would have a wealth
of material to work with. Unfortunately
Hello! Ok? somehow manages to miss its mark time and again.
It includes the obvious targets - a Jordanesque character
with delusions of grandeur, Big Brother rejects and indie presenters
whose heads are firmly planted somewhere up their own derrieres.
Yet what looks like a good idea on paper turns into a humour
vacuum when transferred to the stage.
The problem is that there are too many targets to take a
swipe at and in concentrating on a broad range the potential of this
show is spread too thinly.
There’s a line within the show which asks
if we are willing to witness the death of creativity at the hands of
mediocrity. If you form
part of the audience for this show it appears that the answer is
yes.
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