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| Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Posted by: portenopete 11:04 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
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| I have been getting increasingly irritated by Stephen Colbert since he took over David Letterman's chair two years ago now. I generally enjoy the monologue but I find the opening bits and interstitial sketches pretty lame (that 50-ish ginger guy: does he need to be in every bit?). But it's Colbert's interviewing style that grates on me. Fine, he's intelligent and probing about political matters and is pretty fearless in speaking truth to power. That I like. But when it's just a celebrity plugging a book or a movie, he often seems openly contemptuous of them. His interview with Wyatt Cenac- who I admit might be a bit of a loose cannon, although I love him- was really uncomfortable, with these long silences where Colbert should have been filling the void. (Cenac can be tricky, but for him he was quite chatty and open that night.) And I'm sick of Colbert obsessively showing off his smarts and challenging guests to beat him at things like Lord of the Rings tests or reciting obscure Catholic prayers. And every time a guest from a big family comes on the show, he has to recite the litany of names of his many brothers and sisters. Last night's interview with Glenda Jackson, though, was just plain rude. I sensed he admired her greatly- especially her devotion to leftist politics- but correcting her on using "hung" instead of "hanged" was just plain f****ing rude. She is a dame of the British Empire, a two-time Oscar winner, a brilliant politician and she deserves a bit more grace than that. The only saving grace was her lighting quick retort that Americans couldn't spell "theatre". In a way, I wish she hadn't won that round, since the embarrassed silence that followed his scolding would have lingered in the air and he'd have been more clearly revealed as the self-regarding twit that I think he is. |
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| It played like a dose of her own medicine returned with sugar. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:55 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:53 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - portenopete 11:04 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
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| I found it delightfully irreverent. Everyone has commented on how difficult Jackson is in recent interviews, and this one was very successful because 1) Colbert let her run on about her government service without a lot of cloying annotation -- we actually learned something; and, 2) he didn't get down on his knees and kiss the hem of her slacks. He treated her like a great and famous actor, but also someone who's working and always aware of the venue. It's a nighttime talk show, after all, he's a comedian,, and she was a good sport about it. | |
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| I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:01 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: It played like a dose of her own medicine returned with sugar. - Delvino 09:53 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I hadn't heard she'd been difficult- though that's not surprising- so I wasn't in the mood to see her nationally scolded. I agree that up until the correction that it was terrific talk show TV. I'm happy to listen to Jackson "run on" about her twenty-three years of service in Parliament because I always felt she was a sincere and passionate person who gave up a much more lucrative career to make her country a better place. (I was always amazed at the riding she represented- Hampstead- since it struck me as being the last place that needed a Labour firebrand, but I guess there are corners of even the nicest neighbourhoods that are falling apart.) She was a good sport about it but it could have really cacked if she hadn't been. [I haven't seen it yet, but I am wondering what the relationship is between the four dames featured in the documentary NOTHING LIKE A DAME- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright- and their fellow acting dames Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave (who isn't a dame but reportedly decided the honour in 1999, although she is CBE.) I would think that politically and temperamentally those two old socialists might irritate the others. (Atkins always seems somewhere in the middle.)] |
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| re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. | |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:33 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. - portenopete 02:01 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| She was the subject of a very lengthy CBS Sunday Morning piece, in which she halted the interviewer several times (full disclosure: to my delight) and found the questions either wanting or something she felt she needn't comment on. And then another interview with a major daily was published in which the critic talked about how much she scolded his line of questioning over tea. All of that was prequel to this appearance, and Colbert, informed iconoclastic interviewer that he is, wanted to have some fun with her, and saved it until the very end. Posters here who took umbrage with her halted train of thought didn't consider that she was at the end of her segment. Colbert merely behaved as the man with a twinkle in his eye we've grown to expect, looking for a Colbert-ish way to end a wonderful talk, one of the best Jackson's given. I felt it was the perfect coda after the others, when Jackson visibly intimidated those querying her. Perhaps it played very differently to those who haven't seen her in other venues, or read the interviews. Great TV, and Jackson got the last word. |
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| re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. | |
| Posted by: davei2000 07:41 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. - Delvino 07:33 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Although it's funny that almost immediately after her observation, Colbert held up a Playbill for the Golden "Theatre"... | |
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| re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. | |
| Posted by: Thom915 10:55 am EDT 05/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. - davei2000 07:41 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Very true and it sent me running to my phone to see if I was misinformed and the British spelled it "theater." Perhaps Jackson should have said we are confused or inconsistent as to how we spell "theatre" which by the way has been highlighted by my spellcheck. I do not think by the way Colbert would have corrected her had there not been some murmurs from the audience. I think if after all those years as a politician and in Parliament, that exchange struck her as rude, she is very lucky indeed! | |
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| re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:41 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I haven't seen any TV interviews with her before this. - davei2000 07:41 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| FTW. | |
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| re: It played like a dose of her own medicine returned with sugar. | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 10:04 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: It played like a dose of her own medicine returned with sugar. - Delvino 09:53 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I agree. She doesn’t like fawning and seems to appreciate a little pushback. She can certainly take care of herself. | |
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| But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Last Edit: TheHarveyBoy 04:25 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 04:23 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - portenopete 11:04 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
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| By right she should be taken out and hung, For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue! |
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| Another one is..... | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:02 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - TheHarveyBoy 04:23 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| True! (Isn't MFL riddled with grammatical inconsistencies? It really should be "IN The Street Where You Live" after all.) | |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: sf 09:41 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - TheHarveyBoy 04:23 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| That's hardly Lerner's only mistake in 'My Fair Lady'. One more time: "bother me" does not rhyme with "rather be". | |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:03 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - sf 09:41 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Uhhh, yes it does. (When sung- singed?- with an English accent.) | |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 06:40 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - portenopete 02:03 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| In the music for "On the Street Where You Live" as written, "bother me" does not rhyme with "rather be" under any circumstances, in any accent. "Bother me" rhymes with "father me," or with "rather me." The vowel sounds are close enough, but in a feminine rhyme like this one all unaccented syllables following the accented syllable (where the rhyme is) must be identical. Lerner knew that, and observed it elsewhere in the same song ("street before" / "feet before"; "heart of town" / "part of town"). The phrases "bother me" and "rather be" could be made to rhyme twice--that is, as two separate rhymes--if the music accented both the "both-"/"rath-" syllable and the "me"/"be" syllable, but that isn't the case here. |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: sf 02:37 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - portenopete 02:03 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| "Bother me" rhymes with "rather be" when sung in an English accent? Really? Nope. At least, not in any English accent Freddie might conceivably have. In broad Norfolk or some parts of the West Country the sounds would be closer than they are in RP, but even there it wouldn't be an exact rhyme. |
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| I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:55 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - sf 02:37 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I see your point- or rather hear it- but it's not that egregious. I think that for most people it would slide by unnoticed. (More so than something like "the Scotch and the Irish".) Were any lyrical changes made when it opened at Drury Lane in 1958? The same way they changed some lines in SHE LOVES ME to accommodate the English accents of the cast? |
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| re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Posted by: sf 03:49 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - portenopete 02:55 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| "I think that for most people it would slide by unnoticed." ...because obviously the fact that they have COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VOWEL SOUNDS is easy to miss. I do think a lot of people either don't notice or don't care when rhymes aren't perfect, but in a show that is *about* English accents Lerner doesn't get a free pass for it. In taking on this particular source material, he made it his job to get the sounds he assigned his (and Shaw's) characters right, and he sometimes didn't. |
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| re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 05:00 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - sf 03:49 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Cool your jets and unlock your caps. PLAIN and PLUM are completely different vowel sounds. ZOO and 'ZINE are completely different vowel sounds. RAWTHER and BOTHER are slightly different vowel sounds. Which is why 99.9% of people have never noticed Lerner's fudge and why MY FAIR LADY continues to be produced 62 years after its composition. Now you can get back to reassembling his ashes in Hartsdale so you can tar and feather them. |
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| re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Posted by: sf 05:13 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - portenopete 05:00 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| "Rather" isn't pronounced "rawther" in any variety of British English. (A hint: when you're trying to assert your superior knowledge, it's usually a good idea to avoid inadvertently demonstrating the opposite.) It's aaa as in aardvark, not raw like sushi. (Hey! A Neneh Cherry reference!) |
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| re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Posted by: bearcat 03:15 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - portenopete 02:55 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| re "Show Me" don't talk of spring/don't talk of fall/don't talk at all... "fall" as a season is not used in UK, but I forget what the change was |
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| re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 03:37 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 03:35 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - bearcat 03:15 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Lerner also rhymes "foreign" with "aren" (as in "aren't" when discussing Karpathy, the Hungarian, during the "You Did It" number. Higgins has no reason, except for the lyric give him here, to leave out the final consonant. Would he get in trouble with Equity or Lerner's estate if he sang "aren" and then spit out an extra "t"? :) Assuming he is singing, since Harrison rarely did in his famous sprechsinging performance. | |
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| re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 05:03 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - PlayWiz 03:35 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I had always taken the missing T to be a Hungarian quirk of Karpathy's. How DO Hungarians pronounce "foreign"? Fah-Ren? |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: MikeR 02:12 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - portenopete 02:03 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Hold on... getting popcorn... (You're replying to an English person) |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: musicaldirny 07:31 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - TheHarveyBoy 04:23 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| And also "The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears" Scotch?? |
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| Och aye! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:04 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - musicaldirny 07:31 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| That word used to leave my Scottish father close to tears. (Especially when he was drinking the stuff.) | |
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| re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... | |
| Posted by: SRMHAYES 06:30 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - TheHarveyBoy 04:23 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| BUT, as Perini Scleroso says in the Melonville Players Production of "My Fair Lady"- "The Ree in Schpee iz mainly in da Plee" | |
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| Genius! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:08 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - SRMHAYES 06:30 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| But would Perini get her shot at Eliza today? Even though Ms Scleroso's nationality was never really revealed, making fun of foreign accents seems verboten today. (Amazing that it was once a specific and legitimate branch of comedy!) | |
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| But, as Mel Brooks observes in BLAZING SADDLES... | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:21 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: But, as Henry Higgins sings in MY FAIR LADY... - TheHarveyBoy 04:23 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Charlie: They said you was hung! Bart: And they was right. |
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| re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Posted by: Pjayactor 12:40 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - portenopete 11:04 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
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| I thought it was a joke... being "hung" means different things to different people. | |
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| clarification in THE CHALK GARDEN... | |
| Posted by: showbuzz 12:11 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - Pjayactor 12:40 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| "hanged when speaking of a gentleman!" | |
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| re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 12:46 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - Pjayactor 12:40 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I thought Colbert was jesting, too, but Jackson seemed a little irritated by saying why does it matter. And the Colbert seemed to take Jackson's "theatre" comment as getting even. So I guess he was being rude. | |
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| re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Posted by: portenopete 01:04 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - lowwriter 12:46 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I'm not a grammarian, but I like this excerpt from Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage: "The distinction between hanged and hung is not an especially useful one (although a few commentators claim otherwise). It is, however, a simple one and certainly easy to remember. Therein lies its popularity. If you make a point of observing the distinction in your writing, you will not thereby become a better writer, but you will spare yourself the annoyance of being corrected for having done something that is not wrong." I don't want to carp on about Colbert's rudeness, but I can't imagine Seth Meyers doing something like that: he has become, for me, the best of the bunch in late night chat show hosting. He's very smart, seems astonishingly well-read and well-informed, enthusiastic but not idiotically fan boyish like his lead-in and, best of all, he allows his guests to speak uninterrupted, and when they are less than loquacious he deftly fills the air until the commercial break. A class act all around. |
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| re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Posted by: JayBee 06:10 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - portenopete 01:04 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Completely agree about Meyers. The exchange between Colbert and Jackson made me cringe. Incredibly rude and embarrassing | |
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| re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Posted by: bobby2 11:53 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
| In reply to: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - portenopete 11:04 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
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| I thought it was very rude of him to correct her too. Plus it stopped the conversation a bit which was really fascinating. I mean she was fascinating to listen to. So smart and articulate and a bit of a mystery since she has been out of the limelight (showbiz wise) for so long. I know people like Colbert. It may almost be a compulsion with those people. They can't let one little slip or mistake go by without correcting them. |
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| re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 12:15 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 12:04 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - bobby2 11:53 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
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| Yeah, Colbert shouldn't have interrupted her at that point., since she was so fascinating to listen to. I do wonder if she might have confused the audience when she used the word "surgery" a few times when they might not know that it is used in Britain many times in place of "office". Many folks might have wondered why she was bringing up a medical procedure while she was otherwise very eloquently and passionately discussing her motivations for getting into politics because she felt she had to save her country from Margaret Thatcher. I generally like Colbert a lot, but she was giving a serious recount of her career in politics in response to his question, and he should have sensed that it might be his cue to just listen. Ms. Jackson wasn't in the mood for banter -- perhaps if he had given her two segments, and had her back after a commercial break, she might have had time to do more of Colbert's usual give and take. I think she was brilliant. Btw, there are videos on YouTube of Jackson in Parliament really giving it to Thatcher and her government's policies which are absolutely worthy of the greatest playwrights' finest incendiary monologues. | |
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| Surgery. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 12:46 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Stephen Colbert correcting Glenda Jackson on "Hung" vs. "Hanged". - PlayWiz 12:04 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I thought the same thing. Believe me, if he had had any idea that "surgery" is used for "office" he would have made sure we all knew he knew. I know one's star rises and falls over time, but I thought: "Anthony Anderson is the first guest and Glenda Jackson FOLLOWS him?!?" |
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| re: Surgery. | |
| Posted by: bobby2 01:22 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: Surgery. - portenopete 12:46 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I was shocked at that too. | |
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| re: Surgery. | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 01:33 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 01:28 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Surgery. - bobby2 01:22 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| I wonder if Colbert or many on his staff are even familiar with the two films Glenda Jackson won her Oscars for, "Women in Love" and "A Touch of Class". Granted, the latter film was very slight and she's done better work, but still I wonder how many folks are really familiar with her film work since she hadn't made a film for over 20 years. But I was amazed that she wasn't the first guest and been given two segments on the show. | |
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| I'm amazed... | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 06:27 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:27 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Surgery. - PlayWiz 01:28 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| ... that any of you are amazed. The person who's most likely to draw eyeballs to the broadcast is going to be the first guest, and the New York market is not the sole determining factor. It's not nothing to do with how familiar either Colbert or his staff are with her work. | |
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| re: I'm amazed... | |
| Posted by: MikeR 11:29 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: I'm amazed... - MockingbirdGirl 06:27 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Absolutely agreed. The guy starring in a sitcom is going to get the first slot over the woman starring in a play who has been out of the limelight for decades. This isn't rocket science. | |
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| re: I'm amazed... | |
| Posted by: portenopete 05:10 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm amazed... - MikeR 11:29 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Thanks, Professor von Braun. I understand WHY Anthony Anderson was on first. It just makes me sad to see once-huge stars now playing second fiddle to sitcom players. But then Glenda no doubt bumped an old stager or two back in the '70s so it all comes full circle. And she's probably far less sentimental than me. |
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| re: I'm amazed... | |
| Posted by: schlepper 12:38 pm EDT 05/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm amazed... - portenopete 05:10 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Anthony Anderson is a much "huger" star, especially to the Colbert demographic. | |
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| re: I'm amazed... | |
| Posted by: MikeR 10:55 am EDT 05/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm amazed... - portenopete 05:10 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Perhaps I was not responding to you, but to the people who said "I was shocked at that too" and "I was amazed that she wasn't the first guest," Captain Snide. | |
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| re: Glenda Jackson on Colbert | |
| Last Edit: SidL 08:42 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| Posted by: SidL 08:35 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: I'm amazed... - MockingbirdGirl 06:27 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| linked: Dick Cavett, where are you ? Would have been nice to learn what project Miss Jackson did with Cynthia Nixon, but no time for that since the segments are so short |
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| re: Glenda Jackson on Colbert | |
| Posted by: bobby2 09:26 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Glenda Jackson on Colbert - SidL 08:35 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| They did a much maligned production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in Los Angeles with John Lithgow years ago. It sounds good on paper but apparently it was awful. | |
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| re: Glenda Jackson on Colbert | |
| Last Edit: SidL 02:40 am EDT 05/17/18 | |
| Posted by: SidL 02:28 am EDT 05/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Glenda Jackson on Colbert - bobby2 09:26 pm EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| ah! thanks bobby2 , I did try imdb but now that you mention it, I remember it being discussed on here. You know the idea of the teaming up Plummer/Jackson in the "Scottish Play" came from their dresser, Melinda Howard as she thought they both looked the part visually while working with them on Broadway.I believe it's her one and only producing credit. One good thing that came out of that production for me was - I ran into Miss Jackson on Newbury Street in Boston on a bright sunny afternoon. It's one of my favorite images - I just took one and I did not have to tell her "not to smile"as I probably learned my lesson when I said to a Broadway legend (that shall remain nameless) DON'T SMILE before I clicked the shutter - this legend read the riot act to me "What Do You Mean Don't Smile?" "that's what I do is entertain, to make people smile" - and this legend is a very nice person. So I was probably at fault. I picked up on non-smiles in photos concept by seeing Richard Avedon on a local Boston talk-show " People Are Talking" The master photographer said he never has people smile in his photographs because it turns the images into snapshots. |
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| Glenda Jackson playful with Colbert | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 09:37 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Glenda Jackson on Colbert - SidL 08:35 am EDT 05/16/18 | |
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| Thanks for the link. Their interactions seemed full of fun, play, and respect. | |
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