I am Victoria

[Aquarius1234]

9pm Channel 4.
New series with 3 different female well known actresses.

i thought it was well done.
episode 2 i enjoyed less, she was rather too full on to my understanding of life.

Oh right.....thanks for the heads up.

Are the posts about the film crew sarcastic or serious? It is not a fly on the wall documentary. She is acting. It would be weird if she couldn’t see the camera!
I watched Maria last night. Great acting by LM.

@ToffeeNotCoffee

I am Victoria. Watched it. To be honest, if a camera crew were following me around the house recording my every move I'd be raging too.

Also, was she making/serving blinis (little pancakes) or bellini cocktails. I didn't see any peach juice or bottles of champagne being opened

Umm ToffeeNotCoffee it wasn't a documentary..

Really ? Oh, ok. My bad.

You jest Toffee, nice one

I thought it was brilliant. I saw elements of my own state of mind when I was struggling post DC3. She’s an amazing actor.

@ToffeeNotCoffee

Really ? Oh, ok. My bad.

😬😂

I read today that the series is partly improvised so earlier posts about Suranne struggling with a poor script can't be true.

@CaptainMyCaptain

I read today that the series is partly improvised so earlier posts about Suranne struggling with a poor script can't be true.

Yes I think they "wrote it" made some lines up as they went I think you can tell with the stuttering. Similar to This Is England.

I thought it was very good, though uncomfortable to watch. She was a seething mass of anxiety, trying too hard to control evrything: the perfect house, everyone's happiness, her sister's finances, her work life.....at the end when she let go and went to her husband the make up was gone - she wasn't perfect anymore. It must have been a mentally exhuasting part for Suranne to play, i thought she was great.

Gave up after 15 minutes because I found it so bloody weird!

I'm finding it very difficult to watch

AbsolutelyPatsy completely agree, she was way too intense. And although amazing to see her actually listen to the friend who told her what had happened to her, and take the actions she did, I sadly think it wasn’t that realistic, and came across as if written by a teenager who wanted to get the right moral of the story in there but it fell flat. Find it hard to believe for example that Michael would have agreed that what he did was wrong- I think men like that convince themselves they did nothing wrong.

@RoseGoldEagle I agree, I found episode 2 boring and unrealistic.

I watched the one about Danielle last night, I've got to say that was too slow for me and very predictable.

I thought the Victoria one was brilliant. Lots resonated with me. How she was so determined to be perfect and provide her kids with the perfect childhood that the pursuit of perfection was her downfall. The sister scene explained perfectly why she felt the need to control her own family. The 2nd one wasn't so engaging, bit slow but beautifully acted again.

I didn't think it was very effective

I am Maria, i did not enjoy,
it was like a Mills and Boon
and you never knew what she wanted

I just watched I am Victoria last night and found it fascinating, uncomfortable at times but couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I really liked it so tonight I eagerly tuned into I am Danielle but I've had to turn it off half way through. Too slow and I don't like the actress.

I am Maria, i did not enjoy,
it was like a Mills and Boon
and you never knew what she wanted

She spelled out what she wanted multiple times, her husband didn't listen, so she left. There wasn't anything mills and boon about it at all.

I am Danielle was the romance one..

I thought it was really hard viewing but due to how intense and stressful Victoria was, not poor scripting or anything relating to the production aspect. I thought we were being shown the character from the perspective of how her family probably felt treading on eggshells around her all the time.

Her losing it a bit in private was extremely realistic and the unravelling was painful.

It's made me go back to series one which completely passed me by and the first two episodes have been excellent. The acting is astonishing, combined with how intense the camerawork is on all of them.

Vicky McClure (sp?) is crazily good, I've never seen her in anything but know of her. Instant fan due to her episode of 'I Am...'.

I watched I am Victoria. I felt on edge the whole time watching Suranne Jones.

I watched I am Victoria, and so many things resonated with me. I saw a lot of my mother, and other female family members in the character.

To me, it read as an exploration of the belief that hard work delivers success in terms of happiness, wellbeing and supportive relationships, and that deferred gratification is a valid strategy.

Victoria had obviously bought into this belief, only to discover, later in life, that her paradigm of hard work had attracted and, to some extent, created parasitical relationships with other people, namely her sister and husband.

In short, she had worked hard, only to discover she's taken advantage of and not really respected by her family.

Her sister uses her as an atm, with added manipulation, and her husband seems to do bugger all and won't even get up to make a nice breakfast on Saturday morning.

Again, it was an extremely good depiction of a two speed marriage. She wants her daughters to have the things she didn't have, and understands sacrifices have to be made in the here and now, but her husband isn't willing to recognise that reality. He pays lip service to it, but in the moment, he's not willing to let it get in the way.