Seven Up

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Okay, we've known for a while that documentaries have been sorely lacking from my K2K. So it was about time I got around to watching the Up Series, which has to have about the best premise I've ever heard fir a documentary series. Back in the 60's, they interviewed a group of 7-year-olds. And every 7 years, they round those folks up again and find out how their lives are turning out. You literally get to watch them grow up.

We watched the first 2 films in the series on Wednesday night, because they were short, and I figure we'll try to watch one a week until we've seen all of them so far.

Now, Seven Up is pretty entertaining, though perhaps little more than a retro "Kids Say the Darndest Thing" type of deal. But that's fine, because the point is that this should pay off more with each installment. We entered 7 Plus Seven with serious excitement.