Saturday, 30 July 2022

“Neighbours, Everybody needs diverse neighbours”


Thursday's Newsnight marked the end of the sunny Australian soap Neighbours. Kirsty Walk's introduction contained this modish take, worthy of a Guardian column:
Although it became more diverse in later years, its heyday was just bland, mostly young, usually attractive heterosexual white Australians living unremarkable lives.

Lots of people loved it nonetheless.