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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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