First ABC TV/Netflix co-production is less a spy drama than an attempt to cure insomnia
It certainly sounds like an exciting concept: the first ABC TV/Netflix co-production, set in Australia’s ultra-secretive spy facility. And then the show starts. As Guardian Australia reported earlier this week, a real-life former employee of the titular station, David Rosenberg (who worked at Pine Gap for 18 years) was present on set as a consultant, keeping mum about classified matters but advising the director Mat King on issues such as decor and dialogue.
Perhaps the director and writers/co-creators Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard could have spent less time tweaking sterile-looking sets and humdrum conversations and more time flexing their imagination. A group of buttoned-down people staring at screens and discussing what they see ad infinitum may be a realistic depiction of the central location, but my kingdom for a patina of dramatic intrigue – or something, anything, to energise an agonisingly dull and inert production.
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