An Independent Gem: Fictionalised last interview of Jade Goody is a welcome surprise

by Gareth Williams, Staff Writer

A lot of DVDs cross my desk, its just a fact, I am sent many screeners. I don’t get to watch all of them, or even most of them, I just don’t have the time and often you will find a pile of them, collecting dust in the corner of my cubical. One caught my eye today, it was the title that did it and I ended up being very glad it did. Today, I watched a short film entitled “Pigsould Presents Jade Goody’s Final Interview”.

The film creates a fictionalised world where the former Big Brother star grants one last interview before her untimely death from cancer last year. The interview is conducted by celebrity interviewer, “Pigsould Morgellon”, who is as smarmy and unpleasant as his name suggests, bringing to mind some of the more loathsome bottom feeders regularly on our TV screens. I could name some names, but I’m sure I don’t need to, you’ll think of several that the character is based on, yourselves.

Jade Goody, as portrayed in this film, is a revelation, far smarter and more astute than the tabloids ever let on. And in what must be a bit of a rye in-joke with a wink, the actress playing Jade is a British Asian woman, which is an ironic bit of casting, following Jade’s controversial appearance in Celebrity Big Brother along side Bollywood superstar Shilpa Shetty.

Jade turns the tables on Pigsould, getting her own back on him and the media at large. Pigsould represents the media at its worst and the actor playing him seems to be enjoying playing every note of fake sincerity with gusto and aplomb.

“Pigsould Presents Jade Goody’s Final Interview” is an independent gem, if you get the chance to see it, you will enjoy it very much.

For a limited time, you can download a version of the film formatted for the iPad, for free, courtesy of the production company, SLAP-TV.