With the United Kingdom thrown into chaos after last month’s Brexit vote—the pound plunged, Scotland suggested secession, the elites lost it—it’s reassuring to learn there’s one thing you can count on: Eddy and Patsy are still showing us that “politically correct” can be not just a way of speaking but a way of life.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie hits U.S. theaters this weekend, 24 years after the original sitcom premiered on the BBC and introduced us to best-friends-forever Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone. Eddy (played by Jennifer Saunders, who also created and wrote the series) is the owner of a high-powered PR firm who’s usually a bit vulgar and more than a bit inebriated as she chases her ever-dissipating youth. Patsy (Joanna Lumley) is an executive at a high-powered fashion magazine who’s usually a bit vulgar and more than a bit inebriated as she chases her ever-dissipating youth. Their over-the-top antics always contrast starkly with the steadiness of Saffron (Julia Sawalha), Eddy’s daughter but more of a mother to the harum-scarum pair.
