The comedian plays the grieving presenter of a children’s show for its full sickly-sweet potential. If you could stomach it, there were a few scabrously funny moments as reward
Apart from our common language, there has always been one other thing that separates us from America, and that is our tolerance of schmaltz. The theory goes that what passes for gritty realism in the US has us reaching for the sick bag and sitcoms that make us laugh like drains baffle US natives from sea to shining sea. Seinfeld’s “no hugging, no learning” promise was its unique selling point – for us it is a way of life.
All of which makes Jim Carrey’s new vehicle Kidding (Sky Atlantic) – his first regular TV role since he came to fame 25 years ago in In Living Color – a doubly discommoding watch for viewers from the wrong side of the pond.
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