I eventually lost interest in "Shameless" as the show ran on and I suppose some of that residual disinterest explains why I didn't start "Brassic" until the advertisements for the second season convinced me it was time to try it. I'm glad it did - although I do fear that if it runs too long, it might fall into the same traps.
Brassic centres on the lives of a small group of friends who live in a semi-rural town in Lancashire. Central to the show is Vinnie (Joseph Gilgun), a chancer and petty criminal who charisma drags his friends, particularly his best friend Dylan (Damien Molony) into his schemes. This situation looks to be coming to an end though, as Erin (Michelle Keegan) and Dylan are planning to move away following the end of her course. This in not Vinnie's only problem though, as his latest schemes have put him at odd with local gangster Terence McCann (Ramon Tikaram).
So, to describe the show as small town "Shameless" is reductive, but it's fair in terms of getting you in the right place in terms of tone and content. And the co-producer Danny Brocklehurst wrote for "Shameless" too, so there's some consistency there. There's lots of sex, swearing and drug taking. Everyone has a heart of gold really and all crime is essentially victimless and consequence free. (I'm not saying that to knock the show, it's necessary for the knockabout tone, but it's not super realistic.). It differs from "Shameless" in that each show has more of a heist or scheme element about it, get this for that person, who wants that to lend us this, so we can steal that. That sort of element.
So it's fun, knockabout stuff elevated by of the involvement of Joseph Gilgun and his performance.
Brassic centres on the lives of a small group of friends who live in a semi-rural town in Lancashire. Central to the show is Vinnie (Joseph Gilgun), a chancer and petty criminal who charisma drags his friends, particularly his best friend Dylan (Damien Molony) into his schemes. This situation looks to be coming to an end though, as Erin (Michelle Keegan) and Dylan are planning to move away following the end of her course. This in not Vinnie's only problem though, as his latest schemes have put him at odd with local gangster Terence McCann (Ramon Tikaram).
So, to describe the show as small town "Shameless" is reductive, but it's fair in terms of getting you in the right place in terms of tone and content. And the co-producer Danny Brocklehurst wrote for "Shameless" too, so there's some consistency there. There's lots of sex, swearing and drug taking. Everyone has a heart of gold really and all crime is essentially victimless and consequence free. (I'm not saying that to knock the show, it's necessary for the knockabout tone, but it's not super realistic.). It differs from "Shameless" in that each show has more of a heist or scheme element about it, get this for that person, who wants that to lend us this, so we can steal that. That sort of element.
So it's fun, knockabout stuff elevated by of the involvement of Joseph Gilgun and his performance.
