Have you seen All Saints?For international readers, All Saints is an Australian-made hospital drama which appears to focus on some kind of emergency response unit.
I had never watched it, but earlier this week found myself flicking over to it mid-episode.
What I found was glorious.
The premise of the show seems to allow for low-key 'day in the life' hospital stories to sit beside balls-to-the-wall emergency plots.
Now, don't get me wrong, the show appears to be terrible, and I did not make it to the end of this episode, as it features that quality shared by almost all Australian drama - it is also a soap.
Seriously, no matter what genre an Australian drama occupies, it will inevitably be a soap opera. If not right away, then in the fullness of time.
But I had to mention this show because, judging by my 20 minutes of exposure, it is the most melodramatic experience available in today's world.
As well as a woman (pictured above, thanks All Saints website) who was allergic to the whole world, the ambulance squad - led by a man with silver hair and a chunky ring in his ear - were called to a car accident.
Not that exciting you say? Well they found a man trapped in a truck that was surrounded by live electrical cables! This meant:
This entire vehicle was electrified!
If he moved, or touched any metal surface, he would be electrocuted!
This was especially serious, because he was also having a heart attack!
Is was amazing. They tried to pass him medication by way of a wooden broom. It didn't work, so they had to resort to desperate measures! I know this because they told us.
The measures in question? Discovering that the key was in the ignition and had a small plastic cover on it, the man was instructed to drive a small distance forward! And he did! And it worked! Thank God!
Then I stopped watching. I assume the man went on to thwart a terrorist attack by driving forward slightly, before the entire hospital filled with wrist blood, which gushed fourth from a million audience members wringing their hands into oblivion.
3 comments:
As much as you may dislike or like this program, it is worthy in that it is home grown television.
At the very least, it's Aussie-made and helps to stem the tide of foreign (American) TV that is threatening to completely swamp our airwaves.
It's drama like this that also helps stem the tide of reality TV - made because it's cheap (cheap and nasty most times).
Australian TV needs to invest in home-grown drama, comedy etc., otherwise it will die out.
We shouldn't stand for mediocrity or pure rubbish and that is reflected in ratings I suppose. Have you ever met anyone who contributes to ratings? Now, that's a true mystery (or conspiracy) who are the ratings people?
Just some thoughts...
B.
It may be home grown, but so are my stools!
K's stools may be better viewing in some cases. I've never actually seen any of K's stools but then again, I havn't seen too much Australian drama either. Coincidentally, both are shit!
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