ib011f9545i Review of The Singapore Grip

The Singapore Grip (2020)

only seen episode 1 but good so far,some comments unbelievable.

[6/10 · 13 September 2020]

This drama has just started in the UK,so I have only seen one episode. People are entitled not to like this show but I feel the production is making a good attempt at a difficult job. The difficult job is trying to make a historical drama which is part satire without confusing a potential audience who won't know the historical background. I have not read the book this series is based on but I know a bit about the history. People on IMDB and on social media are complaining that the series show the white/colonial view of events. Well that is the point of the story,but it hardly shows the colonial authorities in a good light. But there is a Chinese character shown in a positive light in the first episode. Someone writing a historical fiction can hardly make the then powerless natives the star of the story,nor can an author show how clever the British authorities were when they were obviously almost useless. So since I am neither a Morning Star or a Daily Mail reader I will keep trying to enjoy this drama,which is an ITV production,some are saying it is BBC.