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What, before we met?
Well we're not together now.
I can't believe the chaos that surrounds you.
Well, what would you know?
Oh, just look around you!
It's Mad About Alice.
Please don't remind me.
Mad About Alice –
Alright don't go on about it!
(Together)
But we know despite the things we say,
We wouldn't have it any other way.The song is signed off with a cheesy American-style "ba-da-badaa". Herein lies the first issue. Before we've even started we get the impression that whoever's making this is not trying to convince us that it's going to be good. The theme song and accompanying graphics are a warning sign. Turn back, there is nothing but pain here. Suffering awaits all those doomed to enter.Mad About Alice follows the story of Alice, a newly single mother of 10-year-old Joe, and her regular altercations with ex-husband Doug. The now ex-couple try to navigate bourgeoisie concerns such as getting your child into the posh Catholic school and being a disreputable interior designer. Doug is a doctor, and for the most part a massive wanker. Theakston plays Doug with such irritating incredulity at every idea his ex wife has that you wonder how the director made it through each episode without arranging a stage light to fall on his head. He looms over Holden's petite Alice like a pot-bellied redwood.
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