Oi, Mate, Gimme Some More!
It’s hard not to think it’s all some kind of elaborate joke, a spoof of those who think that young people genuinely respond to, and use, try-hard yoof-speak. Y’know, like what Tom Watson has done to great effect here and Ali G did, ten years ago.
Sadly, it seems that Oi, Mate, Gimme Some More! has been put together with the best of intentions, but very, very cringey results. It’s an attempt to make Dickens more accessible to young people and, with titles like ‘Da Tale of Two Turfs’, just seems woefully patronising.
I hope I’m wrong but, as far as I can see, the main market for this will be adults wanting a cheap laugh at the expense of how they think modern teenagers communicate. And dats da troof, ma homiez.
