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TV series and binge watching
Usually, I love above all British TV series, especially those produced by BBC. I think that they have something special compared to the productions of other countries: great actors (mostly with a theatrical training), witty and smart scripts and a more accurate settings.
Two of my favorite were Fleabag ( I literally adore Phoebe Waller-Bridge and I saw also the theatrical version of the series) and Sherlock. I found especially Fleabag one of the best and outstanding TV series ever, both for the quality of actors and for the script, but also for the revolutionary narrative technique. I admit that it was not so easy to watch Fleabag in English, even with original subtitles: a lot of informal and slang expressions completely new for me, very fast rhythm, but at the end I was able to manage it. Last year, I binged watch all the second series in a day, during a long (and, until then, boring) summer day at home.
Sherlock was one of the first English series I discovered on Netflix. I started watching it in Italian and I wasn’t so enthusiastic. I appreciated and loved it only when I switched, just for curiosity, to the English version and I have to say that the original voices of the main characters (Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock above all) have no comparison to those of Italian dubbers. I was thrilled! I then found Mark Gatiss’s adaptation from Conan Doyle’s original simply brilliant!
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I agree with you 100% about Fleabag @Antonella – I found it refreshing and the acting was superb! (Yes, not easy in English, but I’m glad you coped!) You know, I’ve never seen Sherlock! I don’t know why, I must have a peek. Maybe when autumn arrives!
Notes: Very fluid and excellent use of vocabulary 👍
> witty and smart scripts and a more accurate settings -delete ‘a’ since settings is plural: witty and smart scripts and more accurate settings.
> Two of my favorite … when we us favourite to replace the noun (in this case: two of my favourite shows), we have to make ‘favourite’ plural: Two of my favourites were …
> Last year, I binged watch (to binge watch) – when we put it in the past, ‘watch’ is the part that changes: Last year, I binge watched …
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Hi Kerin,
Thanks for your comments and corrections! Peek: nice word!
Let me know about Sherlock!
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