Derry Girls review: A triumphant and exuberant return for the Channel 4 sitcom

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Derry Girls review: A triumphant and exuberant return for the Channel 4 sitcom
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No, the Troubles weren’t funny, but they generated their own grim, sardonic moments among young people trying to get on with their own lives

She dresses like a primary school teacher, smiles like the Cheshire cat, and sees the best in absolutely everybody: Kimmy Schmidt is an unusual heroine today. There’s no cynicism, sneering, or snark here – listening to her naive optimism is like seeing your twitter feed in negative. But the clever thing about Tina Fey’s fast-paced, wise-cracking show is that it isn’t, well, too fey.

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