torsdag 26 september 2013

The abandoning of core viewers, or film/TV triangulation

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Apparently, viewers who really like Westerns despise the "hero's romance with hard-bitten saloon girl" plot. Earnest female te...
onsdag 18 september 2013

(Human) tigers vs rom-coms: result 0-1

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For once, an Ambitious Book Project has disappointed me. I remember the enthusiastic reviews for Tigers in Red Weather . They made it sound ...
onsdag 4 september 2013

Behind-the-scenes dramas are great - but there are limits

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Yesterday, I watched the - by now - no longer brand-new film Topsy Turvy (made 1999)   about Gilbert and Sullivan and their creation of The ...
torsdag 29 augusti 2013

Some expressions from a villain-lover's glossary

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While waiting for the next villain crush to hit me (and to be perfectly honest, I'm not looking ultra-hard for a new one at the moment),...
onsdag 21 augusti 2013

What's the appeal of the ranting rebel?

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I  think I know which of my own taboos I will break next. Next time I fall in love - or, to be precise, develop a weird villain crush - the...
onsdag 14 augusti 2013

TV bits and pieces

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Blimey. I've forgotten how tired work makes you, and how much time it takes out of your day. I certainly don't feel up for any in-de...
torsdag 1 augusti 2013

“Anti”-characters – hard to like, but can work sometimes

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I’m happy to say that Fingersmith proved riveting until the end, largely thanks to its cunning plot – so twisty it’s hard to comment on – a...