There’s a great balancing act going on throughout “This Way Up.” The first season of the comedy series, originally broadcast on Channel 4 and now available in its entirety on Hulu, is the latest in a growing number of shows that make the most of their small windows into the lives of their characters by showing that life doesn’t fit neatly into categories.
Aisling Bea stars as Aine, an outwardly cheery Esl teacher and tutor doing her best to move past her recent time spent at a London-area rehab center. Juggling her time spent with her adult students, her sister Shona (Sharon Horgan), and her various frustrated attempts at finding romantic connection, Aine handles each successive experience with a deflective, joking outlook.
Written by Bea, “This Way Up” mirrors Aine’s breezy approach. What puts this series up with some of the other top British comedy exports in...
Aisling Bea stars as Aine, an outwardly cheery Esl teacher and tutor doing her best to move past her recent time spent at a London-area rehab center. Juggling her time spent with her adult students, her sister Shona (Sharon Horgan), and her various frustrated attempts at finding romantic connection, Aine handles each successive experience with a deflective, joking outlook.
Written by Bea, “This Way Up” mirrors Aine’s breezy approach. What puts this series up with some of the other top British comedy exports in...
- 8/22/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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