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A satire about dismal losers: QUENTIN LETTS first night review of Saxon
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An unsubtle satire about dismal losers: QUENTIN LETTS first night review of
Saxon Court

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Rrecruitment agencies are no doubt ripe for satirical treatment.

As one of the headhunters in Daniel Andersen’s unsubtle comedy puts it:

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Director Melanie Spencer needs to tone it all down by about a third.
There is too much eye-bulging and shouting, too little deftness. Let
the satire build. The writing makes that difficult. There is some
coarse stuff about the office lavatory being blocked and the
receptionist (Miss Franklin) having fake boobs.

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But these sorry specimens are hardly major villains. A satire about
dismal losers is never going to be as much fun as a satire about
smooth, successful schemers.