fionapymont
Joined Nov 2002
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I don't give a damn - he's STILL my favourite!!!!!!
Onegin is far over-rated, so at least the queue is shorter......
Any fans of 'Battleship Potemkin' should note that Simon McBurney has recently played Eisenstein in a film.
Onegin is far over-rated, so at least the queue is shorter......
Any fans of 'Battleship Potemkin' should note that Simon McBurney has recently played Eisenstein in a film.
One of the things that particularly strikes me about this series is the intense fear the priests have of nuns.
This was especially apparent in the episode where Father Ted is convinced the attractive lady novelist is in love with him, then gets the hump in a big way after he discovers she is so fed up with her 'empty', 'meaningless' life that she has applied to enter a convent.
Judging from the way the nuns tend to be portrayed in this series, I can see he has a good point.
I appreciate that the characters and plotlines are all exaggerated to the point of surrealism for comic effect, but still gain the distinct impression that many real truths about life in Eire and general human nature lie underneath the lunacy.
So I'd be very interested to hear from Irish viewers of whatever religious persuasion how scary they find nuns, and what the reason is for the fear. Do you agree that this series turns the fear into classic comedy?
This was especially apparent in the episode where Father Ted is convinced the attractive lady novelist is in love with him, then gets the hump in a big way after he discovers she is so fed up with her 'empty', 'meaningless' life that she has applied to enter a convent.
Judging from the way the nuns tend to be portrayed in this series, I can see he has a good point.
I appreciate that the characters and plotlines are all exaggerated to the point of surrealism for comic effect, but still gain the distinct impression that many real truths about life in Eire and general human nature lie underneath the lunacy.
So I'd be very interested to hear from Irish viewers of whatever religious persuasion how scary they find nuns, and what the reason is for the fear. Do you agree that this series turns the fear into classic comedy?
If so, I'd be fascinated to know how French television dealt with the issue of the various accents and plays on words - particularly 'Good moaning'!
Would I be correct in assuming that French viewers would find Crabtree hilarious because he is a highly trained undercover SOE agent who cannot even speak French properly, and is therefore totally and utterly embarrassing to all the inhabitants of the town?
Would I be correct in assuming that French viewers would find Crabtree hilarious because he is a highly trained undercover SOE agent who cannot even speak French properly, and is therefore totally and utterly embarrassing to all the inhabitants of the town?