Review of The Gold

The Gold (2023–2024)
4/10
Taken Too Far From Source; Unnecessary So.
14 February 2023
I don't know how, when taking artistic liberty, they have made it less interesting than the actual events.

It's unauthentic. The language, the clothing, the character representation are all off.

This was a fascinating and revolutionary period in England which they've failed to reflect...

Thatcherism was at its peak following The Falklands War; so was resistance due to the country being in economic turmoil.

The working class was on its knees as the Tories took on the Unions.

National privatisation was underway.

The Cold War with its nuclear kiss, still gripped (If you heard an Eastern European accent you'd call the police).

"The English disease" ruled the terraces.

The MET ruled with instant retribution & zero accountability; if you think it's curupt now... yikes!

They didn't have to mess with the story as the reality, the time, was far more exciting, cruel & funny then this sanitised portrayal.

A sanitised portrayal for a pseudo audience.
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