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

[killer b]

Hedwig is GREAT, and both the Waters and the more recent Hairsprays are excellent.

I really enjoyed the film of Into The Woods, despite not much liking the stage show.

 

[Knotted]

I think Midsommar deliberately wrong foots you.

Spoiler

There's some really nasty stuff and some of it is very early on, but the tone of the film is positive and happy, with Danny finding a new community as part of a breakup and coming to terms with loss. This is all right but it's all wrong. It could have done with being more subtle in my opinion but at the same time a lot of reviewers see it primarily as a break up movie rather than a cult indoctrination so maybe it needed to be less subtle. A bigger beef I have with it, is that the side characters are utterly one dimensional, but I think the idea is that you are supposed to be taking a very specific Danny eye's view.

The Hårga are fascist btw.

 

[Pickman's model]

The Hebrides are already famed for having an Isle of Muck. They do not need one of Filth as well

It would have been an island of filth if howie had managed to get help from his constabulary colleagues

 

[killer b]

dunno if you guys are into Hebridean Psalm singing - it's apparently christian devotional music, but it sounds just like the kind of thing you might find yourself being sacrificed to the gods of the harvest to, should you wash up accidentally on their shores.

 

[marty21]

I prefer Gilbert O'Sullivan

Mrs21 mentioned him yesterday , she hates him, and would definitely prefer Gilbert & Sullivan.

 

[Sue]

dunno if you guys are into Hebridean Psalm singing - it's apparently christian devotional music, but it sounds just like the kind of thing you might find yourself being sacrificed to the gods of the harvest to, should you wash up accidentally on their shores.

I bought the CD mentioned for my sister back in the summer (she loves the Outer Hebrides and is learning Gaelic at the moment). It's a fascinating subject.

'A vertical connection to God': the euphoria of Gaelic psalm singing

The Gaelic language may be in steep decline, but a collaboration between the composer Craig Armstrong and traditional Hebridean singers hopes to keep a centuries-old style alive

www.theguardian.com

 

[two sheds]

That's lovely - Wall of Sound

 

[killer b]

I bought the CD mentioned for my sister back in the summer (she loves the Outer Hebrides and is learning Gaelic at the moment). It's a fascinating subject.

'A vertical connection to God': the euphoria of Gaelic psalm singing

The Gaelic language may be in steep decline, but a collaboration between the composer Craig Armstrong and traditional Hebridean singers hopes to keep a centuries-old style alive

www.theguardian.com

I love it - it has a similar feel to the Sacred Harp stuff from the states, but perhaps even more hairy and primeval.

 

[Shechemite]

Wicca man is not a musical. It’s a film with a lot of music in it. If it ha been a musical, I wouldn’t hav watched it I have, ergo.

Not even Les Mis?

 

[danny la rouge]

dunno if you guys are into Hebridean Psalm singing - it's apparently christian devotional music, but it sounds just like the kind of thing you might find yourself being sacrificed to the gods of the harvest to, should you wash up accidentally on their shores.

Yeah, love it. I have two of the CDs in that very series also.

 

[not-bono-ever]

.

 

[Doodler]

Maybe, but he's not very likable. Can't help wondering if his colleagues on the mainland are in on it.

I like him. He wears pyjamas and sleeps in a proper bed with sheets and a blanket. You can keep your trendy 'continental quilts'.

 

[Serge Forward]

Yes well we'll see about that in Wicker Man 2: Presbyterian Payback.

I prefer Revenge of the Wee Frees as a title.

 

[Raheem]

I like him. He wears pyjamas and sleeps in a proper bed with sheets and a blanket. You can keep your trendy 'continental quilts'.

No-one had a quilt in those days. Maybe James Bond, at a push.

 

[Sue]

I prefer Revenge of the Wee Frees as a title.

It'd be kinda like lockdown but less fun.

 

[Pickman's model]

I prefer Revenge of the Wee Frees as a title.

son of wicker manse

 

[Yossarian]

It all ends happily (but not for the Xians) in wicker man 3: the thelemite triumph

I thought the franchise started to lose its edge with Howie's return in 'Wicker 4 - the Holy Ghost Arises'

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought the franchise started to lose its edge with Howie's return in 'Wicker 4 - the Holy Ghost Arises'

yeh when it became 'whicker man' all was lost

 

[killer b]

I like him. He wears pyjamas and sleeps in a proper bed with sheets and a blanket. You can keep your trendy 'continental quilts'.

An apple pie bed means nothing to a modern child as a result of the encroachment of the continental quilt. The biggest loss of all IMO.

 

[Sue]

(No-one's mentioned the Wee Wee Frees yet.)

 

[marty21]

yeh when it became 'whicker man' all was lost

I don't understand why they released that 3 days after Whicker 3

 

[Raheem]

I never forgave him for selling out and doing adverts for Barclaycard.

 

[xenon]

(No-one's mentioned the Wee Wee Frees yet.)

do they sleep with incontinental quilts

 

[Wilf]

This thread has become a mash up of Pseuds Corner and Mornington Crescent. I approve.

 

[ska invita]

.

 

[ska invita]

Not even Les Mis?

I was curious about Les Mis for years and finally saw the film a couple of years back. Seemed like a good production, the musical elements very proficient but a bit 80s in style, but above all I was deeply disappointed with the story line. (Spoilers)

Start with Marius the revolutionary, who at the end, after seeing all his comrades die, every last one, decides to move back in to his palatial home and settle down? What a sell out.

And then the love story...uff. The girl who's in love with him is amazing, she takes a beating for him and then takes a bullet for him. But no, he catches a glimpse of Cinderella across a busy road and falls deeply in love. How superficial can you get. Clearly it's the sight of her middle class trimmings that he connected with. Just the kind of girl to marry on his palatial estate.

All the prole characters, apart from cartoon no redeeming feature lumpens, die and it's happily ever after for prince Marius and his Cinderella dreaming of a cloud bride. What a shit story.

And rather than some kind of up the revolution message, the one political angle seemed to be be a good Christian and embrace the church.

Naff.

 

[killer b]

I've never watched les mis, or listened to any of the songs but I've always assumed it's terrible based purely on the kind of people who were really into les mis when I was a teenager.

 

[Sue]

I was curious about Les Mis for years and finally saw the film a couple of years back. Seemed like a good production, the musical elements very proficient but a bit 80s in style, but above all I was deeply disappointed with the story line. (Spoilers)

Start with Marius the revolutionary, who after seeing all his comrades die, every last one, decides to move back in to his palatial home and settle down? What a sell out.

And then the love story...uff. The girl who's in love with him is amazing, she takes a beating for him and then takes a bullet for him. But no, he catches a glimpse of Cinderella across a busy road and falls deeply in love. How superficial can you get. Clearly it's the sight of her middle class trimmings that he connected with. Just the kind of girl to marry on his palatial estate.

All the prole characters, apart from cartoon no redeeming feature lumpens, die and it's happily ever after for prince Marius and his Cinderella dreaming of a cloud bride. What a shit story.

And rather than some kind of up the revolution message, the one political angle seemed to be be a good Christian and embrace the church.

Naff.

The book's better.

 

[Pickman's model]

The book's better.

So often the case

 

[Sue]

So often the case

There's also a whole load of stuff about being a cloistered nun and not brushing your teeth IIRC that I found fascinating as a teenager.