Been at home ill for a few days. I've been thinking about tropes on netfkix dramas. Is it.now statutory that;
Richard Arrnitage plays a sexy, slightly troubled male lead in an ABC1 profession
There should be at least one BAME character but they must speak with a middle class voice
Houses all look recently renovated,.spacious with kitchen islands. Everyone drives a 4 x 4 and has untroubled children about to head off to uni with a posh BAME partner
If Olivia Colman is employed she will be playing the part of a ballsy, career successful womam with an air of general disappointment with and borderline disdain for male incompetence
Swearing is acceptable but only if delivered in a posh voice by a gossipy milf type 45 year old woman eg she nudges her best friend while looking at a couple of new colleagues getting on well and says "do you think they're snagging?"
Irish or Scotrish characters, if male are good looking slightly edgy lovable rogue types. If female they're usually married to a high status male with a posh English accent but get to vocalise more than their English homologues.
People with central European accents will normally be in service roles and helping a sick parent back home
I'm sure I've missed a lot