‘ #Irish cliche bingo’: critics pan Obamas’ #Netflix comedy drama #Bodkin"
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“Yet another entry in the worst genre ever – the Irish rural picaresque where booze flows, nuns scowl,” said the Irish Times. “A deeply annoying show that thinks it is critiquing cliches about #Ireland when actively adding to the stockpile. Let’s ignore it and hope it goes away ... the show had recreated #FatherTed without the jokes or self-awareness, it said. “If the locals in Bodkin are gradually revealed to be putting on a sly act in front of the naive #American, the series nonetheless plumbs the depths of diddly dee twaddle.”
