Funny Woman
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Summary:
Set in the 1960s, Blackpool beauty queen Barbara Parker (Gemma Arterton) heads to London aiming for a sitcom role in this British comedy-drama series based on Nick Hornby's 2014 novel Funny Girl.
[Premiered originally in the UK on Sky Max on 9 Feb 2023 and in the US on PBS on 7 Jan 2024]
[Premiered originally in the UK on Sky Max on 9 Feb 2023 and in the US on PBS on 7 Jan 2024]
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama
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Positive:
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Mixed:
10
Negative:
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Jan 5, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The fixation is really on her [Gemma Arterton's] performance in the astonishing “Funny Woman,” a sort of sitcom about a sitcom and a beautiful woman’s triumph over presumptions about beautiful women. Set in the ’60s, it is, in a sense, a reverse “Mrs. Maisel.” It is also one of the more surprising things to find on PBS.
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Jan 30, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Like thigh-high go-go boots, there is only so far something like the ’60s-era showbiz comedy “Funny Woman” can go before its joyousness ankles, as they say in the trades. The good news about season 2 is that the Britcom has plateaued, figuratively speaking, just above the knee. .... “Funny Woman” is Ms. Arterton’s show, and counter to many shows built around a principal character—those in which the comedy relies on supporting players—Sophie is the funniest person in whatever room the show finds itself.
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The Guardian
Dec 20, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It tuts at the misogyny of the grotesque beauty contest boss, and of the entitled married man who thinks a shop assistant is his own personal prey; but it also carries a fondness for the spirit of the era that, realistically or not, Barbara manages to tame for her own purposes. It’s TV as comfort food, and I was happily sated by it.
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i
Dec 20, 2023
The Times
Dec 20, 2023
The Observer (UK)
Sep 10, 2024
The Telegraph
Sep 6, 2024
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Air Date: September 6, 2024
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Air Date: January 7, 2024
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