"Does this review contain spoilers?" I'm asked. No, but "Camping" certainly does contain a massive spoiler in the shape of Julia Davis's Giant Ego.
"Camping" COULD be an absolutely fantastic comedy series. It starts great with the gloriously funny Vicki Pepperdine and Steve Pemberton and a very creepy farmer...but then The Author inserts herself and begins to spoil everything.
There is so little great comedy around these days. The terrible shame is that Julia Davis is a really great comedy writer who then proceeds to ruin her own work with her ego. She is absolutely in love with herself. Yes she is sexy, as most blokes would agree, but that is not what comedy is about!
Comedy requires some form of vulnerability and Julia Davis has none. She is obsessed with herself and actually likes to surround herself with less than attractive, albeit talented, actors. She did this in "Nighty Night" and she does it again in "Camping".
If Julia Davis hadn't insisted on inserting herself in it, if you'll pardon the expression, I would have given "Camping" 10 stars. She needs to get over herself.
"Camping" COULD be an absolutely fantastic comedy series. It starts great with the gloriously funny Vicki Pepperdine and Steve Pemberton and a very creepy farmer...but then The Author inserts herself and begins to spoil everything.
There is so little great comedy around these days. The terrible shame is that Julia Davis is a really great comedy writer who then proceeds to ruin her own work with her ego. She is absolutely in love with herself. Yes she is sexy, as most blokes would agree, but that is not what comedy is about!
Comedy requires some form of vulnerability and Julia Davis has none. She is obsessed with herself and actually likes to surround herself with less than attractive, albeit talented, actors. She did this in "Nighty Night" and she does it again in "Camping".
If Julia Davis hadn't insisted on inserting herself in it, if you'll pardon the expression, I would have given "Camping" 10 stars. She needs to get over herself.