Metrosexuality
| Metrosexuality | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Comedy Drama |
| Created by | Rikki Beadle-Blair |
| Starring |
Rikki Beadle-Blair Noel Clarke Rebecca Varney |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | n/a (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | England |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 4 |
Metrosexuality is a British television comedy-drama series, which aired on Channel 4 in 2001 as a short-run series of six episodes.[1] It was later re-edited into a single feature for DVD release. It depicts the interactions of a racially and sexually diverse group of friends and family living in Notting Hill.[2]
The series was written and created by Rikki Beadle-Blair, who also stars as one of the show's central characters.[3] The cast also includes Noel Clarke, Paul Keating, Mat Fraser, Karl Collins, Pui Fan Lee and Preeya Kalidas.
The show was hailed by critics for its diversity; it depicted a social setting relatively free of racism or homophobia.
Plot outline
The story is set over the course of two consecutive weekends in spring, and follows Kwame (Clarke), seventeen and straight, who is trying to reconcile his estranged fathers, Max (Beadle Blair) and Jordan (Collins). He must contend with Max's insistence that he is over Jordan, and Jordan's new relationship with former military man Jonno. Kwame is also trying to attract his love interest, Asha, and provide support to his two best friends: Dean (Keating), a talented footballer struggling with an abusive father and a crush on Max, and skater boy Bambi, trying unsuccessfully to secure a commitment from his older, on-off boyfriend, Robin.
Max's married friends Geri and Daniel descend into a bitter separation after Geri feels Daniel takes her for granted; she is later romanced by Asha's father, Tel. Asha's best friend Jay (Lee) embarks on a new relationship with the enigmatic Flora, despite her own commitment issues. Former drug addicts Peggy and Pablo struggle to adapt to a life of sobriety together - especially when Peggy gets back in touch with their dealer, Dean's brother Marlon (Fraser). Max's sister Cindy finds her relationship with her partner Doris threatened by the reappearance of her first boyfriend, Gabriel. Kwame's unstable birth mother, Hilly, deals with the death of her cat and reconnects with her estranged parents.
Music
The track listing on the soundtrack, officially titled Metrosexuality Songs, is as follows:
- It's All About Love (The Theme)
- First To Say
- You So Lovely
- I'm Your Guy
- Cowboy Love
- House Boy
- Free to Be Lonely
- Saturday Thru Sunday
- Hip-Hop Love
- Let The One Who Loves You Love You
- In Your Eyes There Is God
- Lay Me Down
- Don't Cry My Baby Love
- Gangsta Bwoy
- Gangsta Man
- All About Punk Love
- Fly With Me
- Love Is Power