It makes art a form of political cartoon: pointed and amusing but completely ephemeral and topical.
Mildly amusing and completely ridiculous, Angela's journey of self-discovery unfolds in TV-friendly frames and sitcom-stale setups.
"I'd always seen Germaine as being the most ultimately lovable, completely benign, noble, gallant, amusing person – which is how Germaine sees herself as well," says Caitlin.
Haque also praised Quagmire's tirade against Brian, however, as "completely unexpected" and "mildly amusing," but ultimately gave the episode a 6.4 out of 10.
Trust me, being denounced as a liar by Alastair Campbell falls somewhere on the spectrum between the richly amusing and the completely surreal.
It's an amusing if not completely novel idea, and what online viewers get is the director's cut.
Later, in an amusing touch, bloodied heroes, completely nude, are sponged by valkyrie-nurses during the Ride of the Valkyries, but this and other novelties add little of dramatic substance.
"The dressing rooms and the main floor are like two completely different realities, it's quite amusing," Caitlin said.
However I did uncover a lot of fascinating detail about his early days in London -- 1960-1964 -- that was completely unknown to me, fascinating and amusing.
I was often a little on edge around him, as if I might be dismissed as no longer amusing, which I and practically all of his friends eventually were, as completely as you close down a shop.
