Douglas Is Cancelled review: Downfall of a cuddly, national UK treasure is no laughing matter

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Television: Steven Moffat’s limp satire of cancel culture neglects a key ingredient: a functioning sense of humour

Expand, so it’s apt his new comedy Douglas Is Cancelled should hinge upon a huge, imponderable mystery. How could anyone involved in this limp satire have possibly concluded they were doing justice to the complex issue of cancel culture?

People squirm in his company. His agent explains that everything will work out fine – as soon as Douglas takes the fall for his gag . Meanwhile, his wife Sheila – an editor at a London newspaper that shines at destroying celebrities – warns the wholesome Madeline may not be as loyal as he thinks.The Bear review: You’ll want to devour the new series of this food drama in a single sitting

Another issue is that the script does not know how to deal with female characters. They are all reduced to ciphers. That includes Gillan as a-Meets-Susanna Reid mash-up Madeline and Douglas’s activist student daughter Claudia , whom we are invited to laugh at because she believes society is controlled by the patriarchy.

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