The Assault Continues

There’s no refuge from the tide of “woke” in entertainment.

You’d think the British would have better sense, but apparently that’s not the case. The newest season of the BritBox series Hope Street, which centers on a police unit in a seaside Northern Ireland town, has become drenched with it.

Hope Street isn’t a glossy production. It’s peopled by unknown actors. The setting, while picturesque in a modest way, is mundane rather than glamorous. In many ways it’s a soap opera. But I thought the Northern Irish setting might provide some protection, at least, from the crap so many other productions have been shoving down our throats.

Sadly, no. The current run features:

• A heavily overweight female Inspector;
• Who’s married to a much-lower-ranking black detective;
• That detective being by far the smartest and most penetrating member of the unit;
• Which also features an openly lesbian Sergeant;
• A young Constable who’s apparently fathered an illegitimate child upon a local married woman;
• And another young Constable who has sex with the local “hot” girl in a pub lavatory;
• Plus an assortment of white characters who are mostly nasty if they’re not outright dishonest.

And the C.S.O. is addicted to it. God, give me strength.