Obscene: The Dublin Scandal
4.8/5
Critic Rating
Adrian Dunbar narrates a story about a time in Ireland when nothing was quite what it seemed.
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.8
John Phipps • The Spectator • Nov 12, 2022
"Obscene:The Dublin Scandal has classy production values, a great, likeable narrator in Adrian Dunbar, high-profile talking heads such as Colm Toibin and Fintan O’Toole and a post-Succession theme tune of cellos weeping over a loose, reverbed drumkit that promises clever twists and high-concept suspense. It tells a story so brightly freaked with improbability that it inspired a new acronym in Irish politics: Gubu. Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented. Yet after its seven grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented episodes were through, I found myself wondering if the writers themselves could explain to me what the story really meant, let alone why it all happened."
