Eau de Missing Link...

Posted April 17, 2001 3:27 PM.

Davo is under the mistaken impression that his bizarre Anne Robinson fetish generates an air of sexual mystery around him. The crowds part before him, whispering to each other, "Is he gay? Is he straight? With such a fetish, how could we ever tell?". I have pointed out that the woman is like a super-annuated, hormone treated post-operative transexual with a Hitler obsession, but he doesn't seem to get my point. The Robinson news today concerns the horror with which American critics have greeted her first US show. To be honest, I don't expect America to like it. I don't like it either. But I can at least appreciate its allure as it has gradually (through its ubiquity on afternoon TV) become fascinatingly horrible viewing. Without the creeping horror, I can't see why anyone would watch it...