Theres bonking, theres rumpy pumpy, theres hows-your-father, theres funny business, and yes, theres fucking.
We may as well be grown-ups about it becauseRivalscertainly is.
Joyfully, that applies to the women just as much as the men.
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The women are no slouches in the bastard department either.
Well, that and all the rest.
Rivalry in business, class, love, sex and between spouses is the name of this game.
Yes, is the answer, when theyre done this enjoyably.
Measures have been taken to acknowledge the eras shortcomings without diminishing its brimming-champagne-flute fun.
Objections to Thatcherite policy including Section 28 are voiced.
Two gay men in love are forced sadly apart by a need for respectability.
Rivalsisnt about social justice though; its all about the buzz.
Its about power, sex, and women in shoulder pads walking slow-mo down corridors to banging 80s hits.
Its witty and knowing and extremely watchable, and for the older viewer, the nostalgia value is high.
I just cant wait to see whatGoggleboxmakes of it.
That naked tennis match will set tongues wagging.
Rivals comes to Disney+ in the UKand Huluin the US on Friday October 18.
Rating:
4 out of 5
