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Abfab. The complete guide: are you fashionably late in discovering absolutely fabulous, sweetie? as the show returns with new episodes, here's a guide to everything gay viewers need to know.
Whether you look at them as role models or as cautionary tales, Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone set the standard for adorably excessive behavior in the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous, which Comedy Central is bringing back to the United States for a new season, starting this month. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley embody these two tragically irredeemable consumers as they make their way through clothes, trends, and oceans of alcohol.
Before rolling into the new shows, here's a quick review of the first three seasons: Although they ostensibly had jobs--Edina ("Eddy") as a "PR guru" and Patsy ("Pats") as a fashion editor--their primary function was to be viewed with scorn by Edina's college-bound daughter, the prematurely fusty Saffron (Julia Sawalha). While Saffron regularly cleans up after Mom, Edina's soil, Serge, is never seen, as he is always at some remote geographical location at which he can only be contacted by fax. He is, naturally, the favorite. Edina's life is further complicated, though not constrained, by her ex-husbands Marshall (Christopher Ryan), Serge's dad, and Justin (Christopher Malcolm), Saffron's father. Marshall has left for Hollywood...See the full content of this document
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