Inbetweeners funny or cringe now?

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The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird makes heartbreaking announcement https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13864779/The-Inbetweeners-reunion.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

Well Simon Bird is definitely distancing himself but was it that bad?

We recently rewatched and DD 16 sat with us. I think she was dying of mortification and pissing herself laughing in equal measures. She said that in many ways nothing has changed!

It's not dated well but it's still gold comedy with characters you can't bear but love at the same time. And the first film is so so good, especially as others have said the club scene.

GOOD DAY!

Say in Costa snorting at the quotes everyone is dropping. Getting some funny looks from Cappuccino Wankers

You would have been an absolute Legend in my eyes!

Personally, I only ever found the TV series slightly amusing and the movie was below dross.

I found it funny, and it reminded me of boys I was at school with (obviously a larger than life version, like most comedy). The key was that the boys making the sexist comments etc were the butt of the joke- we were not supposed to think they were something to aspire to. I have watched it with teen DS, and although we have laughed along together it's allowed us to have some good discussions about how sexism etc.

As a few pp mentioned though, the portrayal of female characters was not great. Not only are they rather 1 dimensional, but for some reason all the girls look and act far older than they are supposed to be. Especially in the films. In the first film they group of young women they end up hanging around with all look about 25 and seem very sensible and mature, yet we're supposed to believe that over the week 2 of them decide they want flings with slightly awkward, inexperienced sixth formers.

Too Jazzy 😜😜

Definitely too jazzy 😂😂😂

Ugh, Jay's dad was the worst. I felt sorry for Jay!

Haha we say this all the time 😂

Well said @DisappearingGirl I agree 100% with your synopsis.

We say 'completed it mate' to each other on pretty much a daily basis.

It is cringe but that's the whole point. It is meant to be. It shows the vulnerability and context behind a lot of the terrible behaviour and decisions of the young men. The women were 1-dimensional but I think that's how the boys viewed them, at that age boys were 1-dimensional to me (either I fancied them and therefore took an interest or I didn't, and that was about it as far as I was concerned).

I agree that the girls are one dimensional because that's how the boys see them.

They are also I think older, more sophisticated and more adept at dealing with life because, again, that's how the boys see them.

Loved it, ds loves it too and we "fwiends" all the time.

Ds is doing his a-levels this year, when he did his gcse exams we put a funny quote in from a film everyday that he and his friends had to guess where it was from. I think for his a-level exams I may do inbetweeners quotes instead to make him laugh.