My Lady Jane (Amazon Prime)

[Mobius]

I was quite excited to hear about this new comedy, set during the Tudor period. The protagonist is Lady Jane Grey, in an alternative history of what if she hadn't died. I love The Tudors, and I love comedy.

Unfortunately, despite being billed as a comedy, I didn't laugh once in the first episode. It does that thing where despite being a period piece, it has modern day dialogue and rock/pop soundtrack. So it'll be all historical, then someone will say fanny or minge and a cover of a David Bowie song plays.

In a further 'alternative history', the Tudors are at war with the "Ethians", humans that can turn into animals.

It's all a bit weird, maybe it gets funnier? Rob Brydon, Jim Broadbent have little roles, few other familiar faces.

Anyway just thought I'd post about it since it's a new 'comedy'

[Bently Sheds]

It doesn't get funnier.

I don't even know why they bothered tying this in with historical figures. They could have just made it like a semi-comedic Game of Thrones type fictional universe.

I don't think I've heard so many shit cover versions since sitting in a room whilst Mrs Sheds watched The Traitors.

[Jittlebags]

Twere it not the bard himself that coined the word minge.

Your date is better in your minge and your porridge than in your cheek. And your virginity, your old virginity, is like one of our French withered pears: it looks ill, it eats dryly

[Hank_Kingsley]

I saw a trailer for this that included the Crocodile Dundee knife joke, thought 'nah, that's not for me'.

I was sure Laurie Penny was behind it, but that's Carnival Row, which is fairies and orcs and whatnot but in the Victorian era so completely different.

While I was checking her IMDB to see if I was right about this show I saw she'd also written for a Joss Whedon (who I thought was long cancelled but clearly that's not a real thing) series called The Nevers which seems to have a very similar premise to Carnival Row but it's X-Men not orcs or elves or pixies or whatever.

So, if you want to know if a show which blends the Historic romance and fantasy genres is written by Laurie Penny or not the clue is that LP seems to be on a steampunk tip.

[superthunderstingcar]

Twere it not the bard himself that coined the word minge.

E'en so, did he coin it aged minus 10?

[dissolute ocelot]

Minge only dates to 1903, although it may be from Romani. Just think, Queen Victoria would never have heard of it! Nor would Oscar Wilde.

[Jittlebags]

She may not have heard of it, but I bet she knew where it was! Phoarr. Eh readers?

[DSBoy]

I suspect it was aimed at teens, so probably went down better with that age group... but, then again, does Gen Z sign in to Amazon Prime, probably not? The story about it being cancelled suggested not enough people watched it to warrant a recommission.

[Bigfella]

Glad I don't do streaming.  Jim Broadbent doesn't have to say SLATER YOU SLAG and I can look elsewhere for my quota of bare minge.  No offence to OP, he has Winston as his avatar, has to be sound.  Just being momentarily grumpy about my reduction to "the council telly."            EDIT: this doesn't seem as funny as when I typed it.  Sobering up.  Be kind to me and take it as quality bantz plz!