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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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