Wide open spaces

Oh dear? Oh dear, oh dear, ohhhh. What happened here? Oh dear, oh dear. Is this a comedy? How did this getta made? Hmmm? Let's see: the writer from Father Ted. The priest from er Father Ted. That Scottish guy from Trainspotting. What do you mean they were all Scottish? The director who used to work with the one who did Once. A famine themepark. Now that's funny except it's not. This is wrong? It's embarrassing even. There are two lads see. They go to Prosperous in Kildare. Except it's not. It's run down. They have to look after a famine themepark. Laughing yet. Then there's a story to tell. Forget the comedy let's tell a story. Because Irish Cinema is all about telling stories. We're bleeding stories to tell! Except we're not. We're just copying what's been done already - in a bad way. How bad? Well, let's edit the fu*k out of the movie so the audience gets caught up with the story instead of the comedy. Let's use dull cinematography because the setting is supposed to be dull. Let's put two mismatched characters in an unusual setting. Laughing yet? Let's have characters acting as if they're in different movies? It's not funny. Worse. It's not even good. Ah, sure we're still learning. We have a lot of catching up to do. Now that's funny?