By SJ
Otto
I was surprised at the Absolutely Fabulous Movie. They have always had some satire of the fashion
industry, but this movie has a lot more than their old show.
The show was very popular,
but I had to wonder what the movie would do to top it. To my surprise, they
really did top it.
Not only do they satirize the
fashion scene, they satirise the news media and all the over the top
sensational stories that don't really deserve such attention. In the film Edina
"Eddy" Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders), one of the main characters and a
PR hack, runs up to Kate Moss, to sign her up to her PR firm when she bumps
here and she falls into the Thames
River
Police and news moguls believe she downs and Eddy becomes
an instant pariah through the news media. And for those who watched the movie,
a pariah is not a fish. Her home is surrounded by angry Kate Moss fans. So she,
her side kick Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) and her grand daughter (Indeyarna
Donaldson-Holness).
Eddy's ex-husband stops
sending money so he can get a sex change operation, which leaves the girls
broke. So the three of them leave the country to find some one rich to marry
and escape all the media hype.
A lot of the film deals with
the women realizing how much older they are, and they meat a lot of other jet
setters who don't seem to have noticed how time has really left them behind,
despite all their money and fame.
It's a great movie. I loved
the laughs and the digs and jabs at celebrityism.
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