tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post114859084755089110..comments2023-11-03T08:40:33.012+00:00Comments on Forceful and Moderate: Now there's a Line of Beauty...Femme de Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1149428575364651672006-06-04T14:42:00.000+01:002006-06-04T14:42:00.000+01:00Whilst I greatly enjoyed the review I agree with t...Whilst I greatly enjoyed the review I agree with the anonymous last comment. The Line of Beauty was a beautifully written book and this marvellous television adaptation was well up to its standard. <BR/>PS Anyone who lives in the countryside will be familiar with varints on the 'welly wanging' competition. My favourite was a cricket ball throwing contest organised each year by a guy who had once skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1149312752641017702006-06-03T06:32:00.000+01:002006-06-03T06:32:00.000+01:00Personally I'm glad you don't review for a nationa...Personally I'm glad you don't review for a national newspaper. I hate this kind of facile flip writing. I agree that the adaption had its faults (including the coughing bit), but the measured pacing was superbly judged, and it resonated powerfully for me because I mingled with similar, albeit richer families, when I was young, and the dislocated affections were exactly the same. (As was the coke Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1148719011411150172006-05-27T09:36:00.000+01:002006-05-27T09:36:00.000+01:00Thanks! :D If that wasn't ironic (no confidence - ...Thanks! :D If that wasn't ironic (no confidence - I'm not noted for my literary skills) then since you've got journalistic experience, I couldn't ask for a greater compliment :)Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1148682942132204552006-05-26T23:35:00.000+01:002006-05-26T23:35:00.000+01:00That was class. You really should be writing for ...That was class. You really should be writing for a national, you know.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1148620723085939472006-05-26T06:18:00.000+01:002006-05-26T06:18:00.000+01:00I read your post Will before I posted since I'd vi...I read your post Will before I posted since I'd videoed LofB and watched it the next day so, although I wasn't explicitly echoing your views, I have no doubt that I was subliminally affected ;) :D <BR/><BR/>Yobs - yes, definitely. Although it's not clear whether they're going to beat him up because he's gay (although that would fit better with the plot) or just because he's got a flashy car and Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1148598262844409082006-05-26T00:04:00.000+01:002006-05-26T00:04:00.000+01:00Excellent and amusing critique, FdR. I agree with ...Excellent and amusing critique, FdR. I agree with the comment about the local yobs - we haven't seen the last of them. I think we're in for some homophobic roughing up next week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1148593579461612372006-05-25T22:46:00.000+01:002006-05-25T22:46:00.000+01:00I agree with those criticisms and have made simila...I agree with those criticisms and have made similar points in a review on my blog. I didn't get the welly wanging at all - was it supposed to be an indication that Gerald Fedden had hidden depths? Or will the local yobs be coming to wreak their revenge in part three?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com