Julie Burchill forced to apologise for twitter comments , and pay out a fat wedge .

[killer b]

If only there was a way to find out

would you mind? I'm too busy.

 

[strung out]

As someone who's only read Remains of the Day and An Artist of the Floating World, I stand by the claim that Ishiguro isn't writing science fiction. Although I am open to anyone who wants to make the claim that Remains of the Day is actually a musical.

You should try Never Let Me Go, which is a book about clones bred as organ donors for the human population. His new book Klara and the Sun is about an artificially intelligent robot companion for a dying teenage girl.

 

[DaveCinzano]

would you mind? I'm too busy.

I'm homeschooling right now so I'll set it as A Project

 

[hitmouse]

Ooh, here's a good one: is The Blind Assassin a) sci-fi, b) not sci-fi, c) a sci-fi musical, d) etc etc?

 

[Pickman's model]

Ooh, here's a good one: is The Blind Assassin a) sci-fi, b) not sci-fi, c) a sci-fi musical, d) etc etc?

yes

 

[Orang Utan]

Ooh, here's a good one: is The Blind Assassin a) sci-fi, b) not sci-fi, c) a sci-fi musical, d) etc etc?

A book

 

[tim]

So are we expecting "Burchill: the musical" any time soon? Haven't read the thread closely enough

"Julie!" would definitely be a Lloyd-Webber vehicle; "A funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Urban Forum." would be a Sondheim work.

 

[eatmorecheese]

"Julie!" would definitely be a Lloyd-Webber vehicle; "A funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Urban Forum." would be a Sondheim work.

"The Book of Burchill" would be Stone & Parker...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

tbf she did start her career at a periodical dedicated to musicals.

She should know a thing or two.

 

[hitmouse]

Their train coverage was pretty good as well.

 

[Serge Forward]

Is Wicker Man the new sausages?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ooh, here's a good one: is The Blind Assassin a) sci-fi, b) not sci-fi, c) a sci-fi musical, d) etc etc?

yes

A book

Chicken Run

 

[Kaka Tim]

"Julie!" would definitely be a Lloyd-Webber vehicle

"Dont cry for me Gaurdianista.."

 

[hitmouse]

Is Wicker Man the new sausages?

They make square Wicker Men up in Scotland?

 

[planetgeli]

"Sarkar wasn't stallin'
When she told the Beast of Burchill
That she'd never rest contented
Until she had driven her from the land
So she went to court to vanquish
And proceeded to extinguish
Julie and her vermin
This is how it all began"

Julie - The musical

She'd appreciate that.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Weird to dip back into this thread and it be about musicals now. *Shudder

 

[Knotted]

The Wicker Man isn't on Shudder unfortunately. (I have checked).

 

[tim]

Weird to dip back into this thread and it be about musicals now. *Shudder

Robert Hardy's long-awaited sequel to the Wickerman will make you shudder, but not in a good way despite having Christopher Lee in a cameo role.

 

[danny la rouge]

They make square Wicker Men up in Scotland?

Well, isosceles trapezoid wicker men.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Robert Hardy's long-awaited sequel to the Wickerman will make you shudder, but not in a good way despite having Christopher Lee in a cameo role.

But it does have music in it so it is a musical

 

[killer b]

The Wicker Man isn't on Shudder unfortunately. (I have checked).

Its on amazon prime, but mislabelled as the 2006 remake

 

[Knotted]

Its on amazon prime, but mislabelled as the 2006 remake

Are you trying to trick me into watching the Nicholas Cage film?

 

[killer b]

Are you trying to trick me into watching the Nicholas Cage film?

No, I'm trying to help! I would urge you to watch the Cage remake though, it's pretty good.

 

[Knotted]

No, I'm trying to help! I would urge you to watch the Cage remake though, it's pretty good.

I've not seen it, but I've also never seen anybody praise it either... TBH Nicholas Cage is always great no matter how bad the film IME.

 

[Pickman's model]

The Wicker Man isn't on Shudder unfortunately. (I have checked).

i've linked to it at the internet archive above, the 1973 film

 

[Clair De Lune]

I once had to endure a live performance of Michael Jackson the musical with my kids nan. I swear the audience consisted of middle aged women getting off on young black men thrusting a lot. Very peculiar indeed.

The only good musical is the blues brothers. Everything else is just a painful wank to nowhere. Every time I mention I don't like musicals someone recommends me one Why do that?? Can't people just accept that not everyone likes the same shit as them?

 

[Pickman's model]

I once had to endure a live performance of Michael Jackson the musical with my kids nan. I swear the audience consisted of middle aged women getting off on young black men thrusting a lot. Very peculiar indeed.

The only good musical is the blues brothers. Everything else is just a painful wank to nowhere. Every time I mention I don't like musicals someone recommends me one Why do that?? Can't people just accept that not everyone likes the same shit as them?

as idumea might have said, the following musicals are banned: all

 

[danny la rouge]

I once had to endure a live performance of Michael Jackson the musical with my kids nan. I swear the audience consisted of middle aged women getting off on young black men thrusting a lot. Very peculiar indeed.

The only good musical is the blues brothers. Everything else is just a painful wank to nowhere. Every time I mention I don't like musicals someone recommends me one Why do that?? Can't people just accept that not everyone likes the same shit as them?

What about Guys and Dolls?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Are you trying to trick me into watching the Nicholas Cage film?

Nic-rolling?

 

[steeplejack]

Musicals are genuinely appalling.

I'd honestly rather re-sit my O-Level Chemistry than have to sit through even a nanosecond of painful, performatively cheerful wank.