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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 432475" data-attributes="member: 23">Series Two of Beautiful People has come to a close, wrapping the series up.While I was glad to lose the ill-fitting New York based bookends, I&#039;d say the first series overall was better than the second, though there&#039;s not that much in it (and I might be being swayed by young Simon&#039;s terrible hairdo in the second). I certainly thought the Series Two opening titles captured what the series is about better than the generic New York street scenery of the first.Tameka Empson playing Johoyo instead of Tameka was a bit of a worry at first, but her bad grasp of English (&quot;cutty cutty bom-boms&quot; standing in for &quot;scissors&quot; for example) set her aside, and I felt she put more of herself into the role as the series went along, which is always a good thing.As far as Simon goes, I felt there was less naivety in Series Two than in the previous year. All part of growing up, I suppose, but it was slightly less endearing.Ashlene&#039;s pregnancy was a key running thread, with the baby born (of course) in the finale. The &quot;who&#039;s the daddy&quot; reveal was slightly daft but good fun with Debbie slapping the kid twice (for knocking up her daughter and for making her a grandmother) before the coup de grace: a punch out for bullying Simon.As far as Simon&#039;s final arc, well... it did feel rather like Jonathan Harvey repurposed his Beautiful Thing script (which is strange considering it&#039;s based on an unrelated memoir) with Simon falling for the boy who reluctantly joins in with bullying him before they click and talk things over. Simon coming out to Debbie in a letter was really nice. But I was less fussed with the final song and dance.It was slightly jarring to see older Simon interacting with Debbie for the bookends, and the lack of distance reinforced that Samuel Barnett doesn&#039;t look all that much like an older Luke Ward-Wilkinson. I thought the series ending - with older Simon telling Debbie he was marrying said bully - disappointing.&nbsp; For a series that celebrated&nbsp; unconventionality, closing with such a heteronormative cliche didn&#039;t do it for me. Also, Simon only split from his previous partner at the beginning of Series Two, and hasn&#039;t mentioned seeing anyone else. Perhaps some of it can be put down to the series ending somewhat prematurely, but it felt rushed and not very well planned-in.Still, this was a nice little series and I&#039;m glad I watched. It was even more of a treat because I&#039;d never heard of it until nine days ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 432475, member: 23"] Series Two of [I]Beautiful People [/I]has come to a close, wrapping the series up. While I was glad to lose the ill-fitting New York based bookends, I'd say the first series overall was better than the second, though there's not that much in it (and I might be being swayed by young Simon's terrible hairdo in the second). I certainly thought the Series Two opening titles captured what the series is about better than the generic New York street scenery of the first. Tameka Empson playing Johoyo instead of Tameka was a bit of a worry at first, but her bad grasp of English ("cutty cutty bom-boms" standing in for "scissors" for example) set her aside, and I felt she put more of herself into the role as the series went along, which is always a good thing. As far as Simon goes, I felt there was less naivety in Series Two than in the previous year. All part of growing up, I suppose, but it was slightly less endearing. Ashlene's pregnancy was a key running thread, with the baby born (of course) in the finale. The "who's the daddy" reveal was slightly daft but good fun with Debbie slapping the kid twice (for knocking up her daughter and for making her a grandmother) before the coup de grace: a punch out for bullying Simon. As far as Simon's final arc, well... it did feel rather like Jonathan Harvey repurposed his [I]Beautiful Thing [/I]script (which is strange considering it's based on an unrelated memoir) with Simon falling for the boy who reluctantly joins in with bullying him before they click and talk things over. Simon coming out to Debbie in a letter was really nice. But I was less fussed with the final song and dance. It was slightly jarring to see older Simon interacting with Debbie for the bookends, and the lack of distance reinforced that Samuel Barnett doesn't look all that much like an older Luke Ward-Wilkinson. I thought the series ending - with older Simon telling Debbie he was marrying said bully - disappointing. For a series that celebrated unconventionality, closing with such a heteronormative cliche didn't do it for me. Also, Simon only split from his previous partner at the beginning of Series Two, and hasn't mentioned seeing anyone else. Perhaps some of it can be put down to the series ending somewhat prematurely, but it felt rushed and not very well planned-in. Still, this was a nice little series and I'm glad I watched. It was even more of a treat because I'd never heard of it until nine days ago. [/QUOTE]

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