A singular mix of humiliation, emotional agony and bodily fluids skewers the viewer in exquisite agony
Ever since I first heard them, I have been trying to unhear them. But still, two years on, when I am awake at the witching hour, two lines from Camping creep out of the rank oubliette of my memory castle and into my tender conscious mind. Once in there, they try to force me to decide which is worse: “Mummy’s stinky was bald,” or “Her urethra was very fat and raw.” Sometimes, for light relief, the haunted face of Tom (Rufus Hound) being forced to go down on Adam (“Mmpf – it’s like a hammer!”) will emerge and my laughter will chase the devils away, but otherwise it’s a long night.
So it was with a strange mix of abject fear, dread, delight, anticipation and soft weeping that I greeted the news of a new series from the appalling genius that is Julia Davis. And it was with trepidation and strong drink that I sat down to watch last night’s first episode of Sally4Ever, starring Davis as the reckless, manipulative partygirl and nightclub singer Emma, who insinuates her way into the life of meek office worker Sally (Catherine Shepherd) after a torrid few nights together. Sally has recently, and reluctantly, become engaged to her long-time boyfriend David (Alex Macqueen, who played Edmund in Hunderby, and oh! for the halcyon days when “bubbly milk” was the worst thing I had ever heard), who refers to “bickies” and “intercourse”. The proposal scene (“Pleeeeease says yes, Sal, pleeeeeeease!”) is drawn out long enough to provide an enforced, full 360-degree inspection of the self-delusion, emotional agony and humiliation humans can experience and inflict on each other. It is a reminder that, when discussing Davis, new words for “black” and “comedy” need to be found. As are the foot-moisturising scene, the masturbation scene (“Could you watch?” “Do you mind if I don’t?”), the singing scenes, the egg-marketing office scenes and all points in between.
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