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shallowness) wrote2017-11-20 05:49 pm
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Not about The Blue Planet 2
Howards End 2/4
Between watching this episode and the last, it occurred to me that Howards End = England. Does it get burned down a la Thornfield Hall?
I got tired of the red motif for the Schlegel sisters (representing passion? female energy? being not quite English?) when the red umbrella appeared. Having said that, I love the cozzies and the Schlegel’s home.
I am mainly stuck on how awful Mr Wilcox’s children are. So, to an extent is he, but he did try to be fair to Margaret over the letter in pencil, but it was all ‘she can’t have it’ in a way that reflected worse on them than Margaret. And then for the house to be let instead of loved and lived in, which Margaret and her colourful flowers grasped. Ugh. And okay, maybe he didn’t want to be reminded of his wife, but that was just mean.
And Tibby is still awful. Helen is less so, because at least she listened and took in what Leonard was saying about his pride and how he deserved to be conversed with properly. I think.
This was set pre Freud and Jung, right? Because I’m mainly seeing Margaret’s need for a father figure (because what could be more charming than a man who offers you a choice of cheese then ignores what you said and picks something else for you? Either be an honest tyrant and give her no choice or let her choose. I didn’t understand her German cheese thing, so I have no idea if it was a dis on him or what. In fairness, Wilcox did then give her eatery a shot and did sometimes give her the respect of engaging with her opinions.) And even if it weren’t for that, I’m not convinced by the matching silver doo-dads and the machinations to be all pro the romance, as he’s essentially looking for a replacement for his dead wife in her younger friend.
Also, LOOK TO THEIR OFFSPRING. They are mostly awful. Which reflects badly on the Wilcoxes and Margaret.
Having not read the book, I wondered if the casting of black actresses for ‘Mrs’ Bast (I feel so sorry for her) and Alice was the adaptation or on the page. It adds something to the discussion about the rubber industry and the social dynamics, and is probably historically accurate. We learned that Leonard was a boy out of his depth in more ways than we’d thought.
I thought it was a little obvious that this was written by men (oddly, it's been adapted by Kenneth Lonergan, who I strongly associate with the US. And movies) in that however boho Margaret was, there should have been mre interaction between her and the awful Evvy or more of an attempt to bring Leonard’s ‘wife’ into their social circle, even if the latter was doomed to failure.
The episode felt a bit scattershot after the striking opening, all house-hunting and crossing paths and sometimes talking like clever human beings and sometimes like characters in the book, but I was disappointed when it came to an end, so it is gripping.
Strictly (Blackpool) Results
Possibly this show needs more Shirley and Darcey squealing.
I don’t think that was a Northern Soul routine for any purists. Of note, Anton can dance not!ballroom when he puts his mind to it, the celeb ladies were more to the fore than the celeb men, and Brendan and Neil’s wigs.
Tess had the best dress by a mile for once! And nice hair. Claudia’s red shoes couldn’t redeem her leopard print nighty, Shirley fell for the asymmetry and Darcey’s dress would have worked with a short skirt or a long one, but not an inbetween one.
Under the lights, and Susan was shocked, as were we, because even if I didn’t get the Spicesamba, it was still better danced. Still, it was highly unlikely Debbie would face anyone who had had a better score.
I zipped through the Tears for Fears routine because the only dancing seemed to be the judges’ swaying. Snore.
It seems fitting that they -athon is a paso this year. They’ve all done one now, right? The celeb ladies are going to have an advantage, obviously.
Under the lights 2, and Jonnie was dubbed the one to go, because even if Debbie had a meltdown she wasn’t going to be thrown out.
Ball and Bowe had a blast, but I spent most of the number trying to work out who the pro dancers were.
Zipped through to the judges’ rationale and then the loser’s speech when the show addressed Jonnie’s disability and how the judges had handled it.
People are going to stop voting for Susan now, right? She is very likeable, and a better dancer than Molly for certain dances, but, come on.
Between watching this episode and the last, it occurred to me that Howards End = England. Does it get burned down a la Thornfield Hall?
I got tired of the red motif for the Schlegel sisters (representing passion? female energy? being not quite English?) when the red umbrella appeared. Having said that, I love the cozzies and the Schlegel’s home.
I am mainly stuck on how awful Mr Wilcox’s children are. So, to an extent is he, but he did try to be fair to Margaret over the letter in pencil, but it was all ‘she can’t have it’ in a way that reflected worse on them than Margaret. And then for the house to be let instead of loved and lived in, which Margaret and her colourful flowers grasped. Ugh. And okay, maybe he didn’t want to be reminded of his wife, but that was just mean.
And Tibby is still awful. Helen is less so, because at least she listened and took in what Leonard was saying about his pride and how he deserved to be conversed with properly. I think.
This was set pre Freud and Jung, right? Because I’m mainly seeing Margaret’s need for a father figure (because what could be more charming than a man who offers you a choice of cheese then ignores what you said and picks something else for you? Either be an honest tyrant and give her no choice or let her choose. I didn’t understand her German cheese thing, so I have no idea if it was a dis on him or what. In fairness, Wilcox did then give her eatery a shot and did sometimes give her the respect of engaging with her opinions.) And even if it weren’t for that, I’m not convinced by the matching silver doo-dads and the machinations to be all pro the romance, as he’s essentially looking for a replacement for his dead wife in her younger friend.
Also, LOOK TO THEIR OFFSPRING. They are mostly awful. Which reflects badly on the Wilcoxes and Margaret.
Having not read the book, I wondered if the casting of black actresses for ‘Mrs’ Bast (I feel so sorry for her) and Alice was the adaptation or on the page. It adds something to the discussion about the rubber industry and the social dynamics, and is probably historically accurate. We learned that Leonard was a boy out of his depth in more ways than we’d thought.
I thought it was a little obvious that this was written by men (oddly, it's been adapted by Kenneth Lonergan, who I strongly associate with the US. And movies) in that however boho Margaret was, there should have been mre interaction between her and the awful Evvy or more of an attempt to bring Leonard’s ‘wife’ into their social circle, even if the latter was doomed to failure.
The episode felt a bit scattershot after the striking opening, all house-hunting and crossing paths and sometimes talking like clever human beings and sometimes like characters in the book, but I was disappointed when it came to an end, so it is gripping.
Strictly (Blackpool) Results
Possibly this show needs more Shirley and Darcey squealing.
I don’t think that was a Northern Soul routine for any purists. Of note, Anton can dance not!ballroom when he puts his mind to it, the celeb ladies were more to the fore than the celeb men, and Brendan and Neil’s wigs.
Tess had the best dress by a mile for once! And nice hair. Claudia’s red shoes couldn’t redeem her leopard print nighty, Shirley fell for the asymmetry and Darcey’s dress would have worked with a short skirt or a long one, but not an inbetween one.
Under the lights, and Susan was shocked, as were we, because even if I didn’t get the Spicesamba, it was still better danced. Still, it was highly unlikely Debbie would face anyone who had had a better score.
I zipped through the Tears for Fears routine because the only dancing seemed to be the judges’ swaying. Snore.
It seems fitting that they -athon is a paso this year. They’ve all done one now, right? The celeb ladies are going to have an advantage, obviously.
Under the lights 2, and Jonnie was dubbed the one to go, because even if Debbie had a meltdown she wasn’t going to be thrown out.
Ball and Bowe had a blast, but I spent most of the number trying to work out who the pro dancers were.
Zipped through to the judges’ rationale and then the loser’s speech when the show addressed Jonnie’s disability and how the judges had handled it.
People are going to stop voting for Susan now, right? She is very likeable, and a better dancer than Molly for certain dances, but, come on.