Time of our lives

Yet another bloody TV show set in inner suburban Australia (I suppose this is so the cast has a short daily travel). It’s all angst and anxiety in the context of a group of family and friends.

I think there is something rotten at the core of our affluent society. I guess that’s why this show makes me so squirmy.

Having said that, the show is overdone. It’s like a weird dream version of reality, where all the issues are over-emphasised and the background mood is very dark. It’s like “the slap” without the slap.

Everyone in the show seems to be in survival mode, at best. There is no real joy in their lives just fear, loathing and suffering. And the fear of losing what they have, which in any case appears to be shit. I don’t get it.

Why is this stuff made?