Obviously, we disagree about Bishop as Ouisa, but I so agree about Channing's Bunny Flingus. I can't imagine anyone ever having been better or funnier in the role, and I think it may be my favorite of her performances. I so wish she'd still been in it when it was shot for television at the Plymouth. Christine Baranski can be brilliant, but I think she was so wrong in every way as Bunny, although I know that some people preferred her.
There's a great danger in productions of the play: If Bunny is not likable and tremendously funny and a life force, it will all become too oppressive. Channing was an incredible life force when she played the role. She got it. Her performance was all positive energy, and the play so needs that. |
