No other actress could deliver such a performance and hold the audiences' attention quite like Joanna Lumley in what could easily be described as quite a boring concept i.e. a middle-aged woman relating her past & present while putting on makeup. Yet I watched this when it first aired here in Australia on the ABC and was captivated at every nuance of Lumley's face as she described her now bland life and relived past glories as the house-bound Madison Blakelock. The very definition of a black comedy, often you want to laugh and cry at the same time.
Not to be missed, Up in Town shows the great breadth of Lumley's talents.
Not to be missed, Up in Town shows the great breadth of Lumley's talents.