Having got the the end of Ozark S1, we have taken a bit of a break from all the vileness and brutality and started on Danish comedy Rita. Anyone here watched this? I'm already liking it a lot. Rita is a teacher and single mother, and the show is in part full on comedy (she's cynical and doesn't take shit from anyone, but the school scenes are both funny and gentle yet unvarnished), and in part more than just a comedy, dealing with the family dynamic and things like education policy (in Denmark obviously, but pretty universal). Anyway, I don't think I've heard anyone mention it on here but I recommend it. (it's on Netflix)
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostWhy? They're allowed to do something different.
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostHaving got the the end of Ozark S1, we have taken a bit of a break from all the vileness and brutality and started on Danish comedy Rita. Anyone here watched this? I'm already liking it a lot. Rita is a teacher and single mother, and the show is in part full on comedy (she's cynical and doesn't take shit from anyone, but the school scenes are both funny and gentle yet unvarnished), and in part more than just a comedy, dealing with the family dynamic and things like education policy (in Denmark obviously, but pretty universal). Anyway, I don't think I've heard anyone mention it on here but I recommend it. (it's on Netflix)
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The Globe is showing productions on YouTube. Currently, A Midsummer Night's Dream, showing until the end of the week. WATCH IT! It's absolutely brilliant and a play extremely close to my heart.
Watching it is pitching me back nearly 30 years (holy fuck, I feel old) to our school production. We were an all boys school but the Head of Drama (also the Latin teacher, and a lovely man) brought in some ringers in the form of girls from the school up the road, very exciting for a young teenaged me in the role of Demetrius, the rather dishonourable but ultimately redeemed, if only by magic, one of the young lovers lost in the woods. That my best friend, who also bore a fair resemblance to me, especially at a distance, was playing Lysander just made it even better. My mother did supply teaching at the school and directed the bits with the Mechanicals. As anyone who knows the play will know they present an abortion of Romeo and Juliet to the court and whilst Elizabethan audiences may have tittered at the witty double entendres and bon mots of the nobility as they rip the piss, I remain proud to say that the laughs in our version were solely down to the "play" my dear old mum helmed.
I can still quote a fair chunk of my lines. Funny how stuff sticks with you.
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- Mar 2008
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- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
I've been watching Nanette Burstein's Hillary Clinton documentary over the last few evenings. Such an impressive woman.
Her view of Bernie Sanders was utterly scathing.
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which bit of Hillary Clinton did you find so impressive Nocturnal Submission?
I've found her pretty embarrassing, from her role as spouse of Governor of Arkansas to her position as Secretary of State
to say nothing, of course, of her campaign management skills.
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I got round to watching Dating Amber (mentioned a few pages ago by a few of you) last night. Quite impressed. Particularly with whoever played Amber. I'm quite a long way from being a 16 year old Irish lesbian, but I ended up cheering her character on in a way I don't normally get involved with in films. The bloke character's mate (I'm not very good at remembering names, as you can tell) was also hilarious, although possibly because he was a lot more similar to what I was like at that age.
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Working through Hill Street Blues on Channel 4's streaming service. Just watching episode 1 of season 5 and not only is Ken Olin (later of thirtysomething) a regular character now (having joined during season 4) but this episode features Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry as a married couple - who would of course later play a married couple in L.A. Law. Only so many actors to go round I suppose....
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostSame producer (Steven Bochco) for both Hill Street Blues and LA Law.
That was a period when Eikenberry and Tucker (who have been married in real life since the 70s) only worked together, in part because Eikenberry had breast cancer.
In the reverse of this I recently watched the Jean-Pierre Melville film "Un Flic" on Mubi and did a double-take when Sgt. Phil Esterhaus turned up as a robber.
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Originally posted by Walt Flanagans Dog View PostWorking through Hill Street Blues on Channel 4's streaming service.
I am currently bingewatching This Country for the first time. Refreshing to see some new (to me) faces for British comedy.
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Originally posted by Jon View Post
Wow. Did not realise it was on any streaming service. I used to love it but haven't seen it since the 80s. Does it still hold up?
I am currently bingewatching This Country for the first time. Refreshing to see some new (to me) faces for British comedy.
They have also recently added the aforementioned Buffy as well.
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- Mar 2008
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- Off the purple line
- I'm slutty: Roma (on haitus until I can forgive them for hiring Jose), Liverpool, and Dortmund
- Del Taco
Hill Street Blues was probably my first favorite drama. Prior to that, I watched various shows but that was one where I couldn't wait for the next week to see it again. I think I've watched a few episodes here and there when they've gone into syndication in the US.
Lately I've been catching up on various futbol matches so my routine has been to start a film one night and then finish it the next. This is something I never would have done in the past unless I was exhausted, but I'm digging this routine. Tonight I'm halfway through a Mexican film on Netflix called "El club de los insomnes." It's about two insomniacs who end up in a mini market every night and hang out with the woman who works the late night shift. It's kind of slow, but I've enjoyed what I have seen so far. The characters are a little quirky and the reasons why they end up in this space/why they have insomnia seems to be unfolding.
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Yes, Hill Street Blues marked a shift from series like Kojak, Cannon, Starsky & Hutch and Streets of San Francisco. These were often excellent shows but HSB brought something new - or it certainly felt so. There was an earthiness; it just felt more real. I don’t think it’s being shown by anyone here but I imagine it’s held up well.
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I’ve been watching and loving The Luminaries; I loved the book and the adaptation is pretty good. I went to Hokitika around the time the book came out; just missed the launch, in fact. The scenery is beautiful and Himesh Patel is gorgeous. I fancied him as Tamwar in EastEnders (a character they gave witty deadpan lines) and he is perfect in this.
It’s slightly distracting that the female baddie sounds to me a little like Ness in Gavin and Stacey.
I have one episode to go, so will watch that later.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostI saw some of the new Twilight Zone. Not worth subscribing to CBS All Access.
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We're on S3 of Marcella. I remember less than nothing from the previous two seasons, so I'm utterly lost. But the show bores me to tears, so I'm not really sweating it. Everyone, without exception, is from Brit-crime central casting, and the cardboard is fraying at the edges.
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