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Post by BoOverall on Apr 15, 2020 11:24:09 GMT
....Besides, I’ve got the reshowing of the Grey Gardens TV prog I recorded off Sky yesterday instead... Ooh what programme was this and what channel? Love all things Grey Gardens so would be interested to see if i can watch on catch up. Thanks.
It’s the TV drama version on Sky Atlantic from several years ago with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. Well worth watching, especially for them both who are sublime.
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Post by BoOverall on Apr 14, 2020 19:32:39 GMT
Well we started trying to watch Curtains that I had ordered, on TV through its internet browser which works so seamlessly for all other streams I’ve enjoyed. But no joy with this sadly: no sound (I’ve not done my normal trick of muting it! 😀), and it then gives a timed out. Eventually tried on phone browser and it was fine - but two of us huddling around a small phone screen loses any hint of theatrical magic rapidly.😀
Still, technology has its issues and it’s a small issue in the grander scheme of things. And the money went to a good cause. Besides, I’ve got the reshowing of the Grey Gardens TV prog I recorded off Sky yesterday instead.
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Post by BoOverall on Apr 13, 2020 18:55:27 GMT
Just watched this and loved it. I found the music glorious - some exquisite scoring and gorgeous moments (notably Rain for Me) and the whole thing a joy.
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Post by BoOverall on Apr 6, 2020 10:24:34 GMT
I’ve just re-read the marvellous “A Year with the Producers” by Jeffrey Denman: one of the original cast of The Producers and Leo Bloom/Frank Leibkind understudy.
It charts his account from being in the final cast of Cats to auditions for The Producers, the pre-Broadway tryout, rehearsals, perspective as an understudy, Broadway opening night etc...A very readable style of writing, fascinating insights and a real joy of a book.
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Post by BoOverall on Apr 5, 2020 9:33:10 GMT
Totally agree - halloumi is tasteless - give me a vintage cheddar, Stilton or ripe Brie any day. A full-on well matured Cheddar, Roquefort or Stilton (unchilled!) etc is a total joy. I couldn’t be without those sort of cheeses. But a good halloumi - and boy do they vary in quality - used well can be lovely. I used to hate halloumi: and chilled, flaccid and straight out of the plastic it is horrid. And just on its own it’s not exciting! But eaten at room temp with a little drizzle of honey and a grinding of pepper and it comes alive. As it does when marinated. But halloumi can really shine when cooked nicely.
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Post by BoOverall on Apr 4, 2020 18:56:21 GMT
Pan-fried spiced halloumi with smoked hummus in flatbreads and a little pomegranate molasses. An amazing cheese. And an unapologetically large glass of wine
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Post by BoOverall on Mar 20, 2020 18:13:53 GMT
So many over the decades but my highlights are:
- the final performance of the original London run of Aspects of Love: saw it so often in those days and it’s my favourite ALW score. Oh and that set.....beautiful, evocative and just right.
-Emma Thompson after a performance of Me and My Girl at the Leics Haymarket in the early 80s, spilling a glass of wine over me at their bar when I was a young thing. Bless her, she even bought me a coke and my parents a bottle of wine to apologise.
- The filmed performance of Light in the Piazza in NY. Went to the show knowing nothing much about it but it was far and away the theatre highlight of that trip.
- a preview of Love Never Dies with ALW present. I said to him I loved the music (it’s still to my mind a ravishing score) but that ending needed badly tightening up...I even suggested to him Christine dies a bit quicker rather than that scene dragging out so much. Had the Lord listened to me..........🤣🤣
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Post by BoOverall on Mar 8, 2020 9:48:05 GMT
Loved Jan too. I agree with the judges about too much being thrown in but I’d rather that than a pouty “pageant queen” or somesuch early on. I think she is one to watch.
Still enjoy Drag Race, despite it all been done before many times: but it is like a familiar old dear, shuffling around and doing its thing, biding it’s time.....And those cringing moments when Ru does “sincere” in his talks in the work room. But yes, death drops...oh please! And the equally unoriginal mouth popping.... Do the queens really think they’re impressive tricks nowadays. Well, clearly they do. But originality queens, please!
Hoping we get a good Snatch Game this series. Often it falls so flat, and sometimes by the self-described “comedy queens”,....but when it works, it is a joy!... #dumb-is-forever
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Post by BoOverall on Jan 27, 2020 19:47:56 GMT
A few episodes in and I am now rather enjoying it: despite all it’s shameless tackyness and despite the host. Refreshing to have Donny Osmond on the panel instead of the intensely pointless irritating one: well, aside from Ross.
I thought at one stage the Dales one is Verity Rushworth who played whatsername in Emmerdale: a good singer. The comment about “truth” in one of her VTs swayed me. But maybe too obvious or a red herring. But I change my mind as the wind changes direction.
Amused by the clue/red herring with Hedgehog in his VT: a cricket ball on the table with Michael written over it. Toying with us with misdirection!
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Post by BoOverall on Jan 5, 2020 15:58:27 GMT
Oh my word what was that! I surprised/scared myself into watching the full episode on catch up just now, with a mixture of being horrified and compelled. It felt like I had swallowed a gallon of budget cider, eaten a kilo of pick and mix and was unable to crawl to the remote to turn it off. Host was beyond dreadful and Ken Jeong got very tiresome quickly. But Davina rocked the budget Claudia Winkleman look effortlessly and anything with Rita Ora gets my attention. I am not sure if enjoyed it was the right feeling I had, but I might be tuning in to the next episode. I think. That's all very good but what I really want to know is what you thought of the new Mary Berry cooking show? Lol oh THAT one. Well, it was really very surreal watching it as a viewer and not a contestant, but I enjoyed some of the tweaks made and there're a really nice bunch of home cooks. Mind you, our cohort in series one was nice. Well, apart from.....no, my lips are sealed. I even found myself shouting at the tv a couple of times: “no, use the pasta machine like she says”.......
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Post by BoOverall on Jan 5, 2020 13:38:36 GMT
Oh my word what was that! I surprised/scared myself into watching the full episode on catch up just now, with a mixture of being horrified and compelled. It felt like I had swallowed a gallon of budget cider, eaten a kilo of pick and mix and was unable to crawl to the remote to turn it off.
Host was beyond dreadful and Ken Jeong got very tiresome quickly. But Davina rocked the budget Claudia Winkleman look effortlessly and anything with Rita Ora gets my attention.
I am not sure if enjoyed it was the right feeling I had, but I might be tuning in to the next episode. I think.
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Post by BoOverall on Dec 20, 2019 17:27:15 GMT
Full cinema here, and a lot of positive chat after. A shame about that child eating a bag of Doritos loudly throughout: I would ban them from the cinema - children and crisps! 😀
I love the stage show and I enjoyed the film for what it was. There were some great turns by many, and the songs and orchestrations were glorious for the most part.
I rather enjoyed James Cordon camping it up but for me Rebel Wilson stood out for the wrong reasons (I would have made her walk that plank!) and the whole Jennanydots number fell flat for me: with a stronger performer it might have worked well. (And those mice were freaky!)
Loved Memory, esp when it got to “that bit”: that was glorious. I felt the Heavyside Layer ascension was a bit naff: too much cutting away from it so that it lost any impact that for me that bit has in spades in the stage show.
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Post by BoOverall on Dec 19, 2019 9:56:48 GMT
“as nearly all the musical numbers, including “Memory,” have been twisted into campy, awards-grubbing cameos for big-name stars in bad-CG cat drag.”:
Well that’s me hooked and I’m even more “excited” to see it tomorrow.
I think.
Some amusing reviews! Just can’t bring myself to read The Daily Mail review purely because it’s The Daily Mail and my iPad might explode.
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Post by BoOverall on Dec 12, 2019 14:51:37 GMT
I voted at 7.45 am and I was the only one in the polling station. I always do vote but frankly it's pretty pointless here - my MP is one Michael Gove (majority 24,943.) Yes I felt that when I voted just now. Crying as I saw his name.
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Post by BoOverall on Dec 12, 2019 14:48:15 GMT
Was busy just now when I voted here in Mytchett but I fear our MP, Michael Gove - the enema of the people - is unlikely to be pushed out. One of my dreams would be to see his oleaginous smirk wiped off his face when defeated....not likely to happen, but I live in Disney-tinged hope.
Govey actually came round to my house the other day, while I was literally up to my arms in Christmas baking, doing his “meet the lowlife” (as I am sure he thinks of it!). Surprised myself at the amicable “chat” about his ...ahem...legacy from when he was Education Minister. And I’ve since disinfected the driveways and the front door.
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Post by BoOverall on Nov 13, 2019 21:03:01 GMT
I remember from my childhood in Derbyshire my parents frequently having roe (I'm assuming it was cod's although they never stipulated) which came fresh from the fishmonger. My mother used to coat it in flour and then shallow fry it as a tea time delicacy. I remember quite liking it myself but finding it rather rich in taste which the lemon juice sprinkled over only slightly counteracted. A lovely thing indeed to devour. I adore it.
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Post by BoOverall on Nov 10, 2019 18:46:52 GMT
Wow, loved it so much. For me this was a perfect way to spend an afternoon in the cinema, as indeed it was spending the evening in the theatre when we saw this magnificent production in London. Wonderfully filmed and a pure joy. And boy did I have a few emotional moments!
And great to have the audience at our packed cinema so up for it, too. And as bonus, with the age demographic on our cinema, I felt so young: almost fooled myself into being a twink again - well, overlooking 30-odd years!
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Post by BoOverall on Oct 24, 2019 20:19:58 GMT
What is getting close to getting on the show? Baking auditions undertaken? Does Paul get involved? Tell us more I made the London auditions twice. Met Mary but not Paul at the first one. But the more recent ones was just researchers. Apparently I didn't have enough hot water crust experience.. A very long but fun and exciting process each time. Despite a producer in an early audition a few years ago when I last applied who was like she’d chewed a wasp nest and swilled out with lemon juice: third degree and more about my savoury danish which I’d not laminated enough: oh I still feel the viennoiserie shame 😀 But well worth doing. And was great to meet other very keen home bakers at audition rounds.
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Post by BoOverall on Oct 15, 2019 20:49:03 GMT
I loved the original Drury Lane production. For me, it’s a terrific score that just sparkled deliciously: especially Loose Ends, Make Him Mine, Waiting for the music to begin and the fab Dirty Laundry. Loved that number in particular! Joanna Riding was sublime and a joy to watch but the three made a strong team. I rather liked the addition of The Glory of Me when it was at the Prince of Wales. ‘Dirty Laundry’ crops up on my shuffle most days...cracking song! Yes superb. And the staging for that number was terrific. Oh and that overture...wow
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Post by BoOverall on Oct 15, 2019 19:29:51 GMT
I loved the original Drury Lane production. For me, it’s a terrific score that just sparkled deliciously: especially Loose Ends, Make Him Mine, Waiting for the music to begin and the fab Dirty Laundry. Loved that number in particular!
Joanna Riding was sublime and a joy to watch but the three made a strong team. I rather liked the addition of The Glory of Me when it was at the Prince of Wales.
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Post by BoOverall on Oct 5, 2019 15:34:50 GMT
Compulsive but shouting at the telly is often a thing in this house when watching an episode. Mainly at the ineptitude of many of them and the finger-down-the-throat-inducing 1 liners that gets spouted: “Cut me, and I'll bleed ambition“. Ugh!
Tacky as heck, back-stabby and a real bitch-fest. And I love it. Esp. when the most annoyingly arrogant ones get their just desserts.
Oo and a food episode next week: right up my street. The Ice lolly task. What can possibly go wrong? .”I once let a boy have a lick of my Mini Milk, so I should be project manager in this task”.
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Post by BoOverall on Sept 5, 2019 19:29:58 GMT
Hmm fig rolls: perhaps not the trickiest of technicals apart from the particular pastry for them that is a bit hard to work with in the time. But interesting to watch. And definitely the right result elimination-wise.
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Post by BoOverall on Aug 30, 2019 16:53:13 GMT
Very tempted to book a ticket for this tomorrow night in Woking
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Post by BoOverall on Aug 29, 2019 10:09:02 GMT
I’d love to see him double down and take it a bit more seriously. Precisely. Now he has experienced his first two days in the tent, and had something of a wake-up call, it would be good if he does exactly this and not become a parody.
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Post by BoOverall on Aug 28, 2019 21:06:19 GMT
On the basis of the first episode, I don't see how they can say that the standard has improved this year. I know it is only week one but the quality of presentation was patchy. And the lack of genoise experience worrying. Can't say I warmed to any of them - yet. A few are certainly annoying though. Yes, some intriguing genoises. 😀😀 And yes, some annoying bakers - but I get that, being their 1st days of filming and they want to make an impact in case they go soon. And then there’s some cunning editing of course. Mind you that technical is hard to do in the time. But then, so it should be. That said, I love baking, but these were quite a faff. I went for different flavours: blackcurrant, lime & smoked vanilla. A bit rustic (the perils of listening to showtunes while baking!!) but decent enough without a proper recipe. Whether I could have turned out a vaguely decent batch in the pressures of the tent though......probably not, so my hat goes off to those who produced a good batch.
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