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Snobbish Hyacynth Bucket ("Bou-quet!" she insists) is the quintessential self-centered social climber oblivious of her own shortcomings. But what really makes the show shine are the supporting characters -- Slatternly Daisy, perpetually reading bodice-rippers, and her slobbish but good-natured husband Onslow; trashy Rose; pitiful Violet with her cross-dressing husband but "Mercedes, swimming pool, and room for a pony; Emmett the timorous neighbor who lives in terror that Hyacinth will "sing at me" (with a voice that shatters glass); the "dishy vicar" who tries to hide when "that Bucket woman" nears; and, of course, long-suffering henpecked Richard...
Yes, it's the same jokes over and over again. But that's part of the magic that worked for the Marx Brothers.
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Chrissie 5 October 2002
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