"The Comic Strip Presents" Queen of the Wild Frontier (TV Episode 1993) Poster

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6/10
Stylish, original but not funny enough
anthonyjlangford17 February 2023
Title says it all really.

It's cleverly directed once again by the very talented Mr. Richardson.

Some of the production is very slick, with numerous tracking shots and helicopter shots, as well as some stunts with the chopper going up the river and close to the water.

Production values are certainly a lot higher here than just a few years before in the late eighties.

The premise is a good one. The women do a great job of acting. Their relationship is quite fun to watch.

The escape too is clever and interesting.

The problems arise really when the prisoners meet the farmers. Not a lot happens from there and when it does, it's not funny. A shame because the set up was good. Not enough time has been spent on the script to develop the relationships and especially the humour from this point on. A waste.

The ending is quite poignant but its a bit too late by that point.

Certainly not as good as it could have been but its far from terrible and not one of the worst as the other reviewer said. (I personally thought the Turkey episode to be far worse).

Overall, not bad and certainly worth watching. It is Comic Strip after all.
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2/10
Not too good.
13Funbags19 May 2017
This episode is weird and that's saying a lot for this series.How can you even tell it's weird?All the episodes are weird and completely different.I don't know.This one is just weird.It just doesn't feel like The Comic Strip.There's absolutely nothing funny about it except for the typical Comic Strip ending.Most of the episode is actually quite sad.It's about two lonely sisters waiting for their dad to die.There's literally fifteen minutes of a large, surly woman working on a farm.I know they always tried to be different and bizarre but this is bland.It feels like it would be more at home on Lifetime.If you aren't going to watch every episode, this is definitely one to skip.It's a bottom five episode for sure.
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