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burntcopperFurther adventures of the waiting for bank card to arrive. Yes, cardguard, it's entirely sensible to put this to an agency who try to deliver a *signature-required* parcel to a home address during work hours. (pray tell, who precisely is at home during work hours?) And then when you try to arrange a redelivery you get an automated system which refuses to give you any idea of when it'll be redelivered - seriously, they actually say this on the automated message.
Finally caved and got the American premiere of Sunset Boulevard (Glenn Close, Alan Campbell, George Hearn). It's pretty good, and Glenn Close is a fantastic Norma Desmond. Voice not as strong as Elaine Paige or Betty Buckley, but everything else top-notch, and very similar to Elaine's interpretation (we're guessing Elaine patterned it after her). George Hearn I'm having issues with - mostly due to the fact that his Max just isn't very Erich von Stroheim-esque (not quite haughty enough, not as stiff upper lip, and the accent isn't nearly strong enough). Alan Campbell's good as Joe, quite close to William Holden's original. :sigh: I guess my only real problem is that it's ...I dunno, not individual enough. Once again, JB spoiled me. The twists on certain lines aren't there - Campbell doesn't flirt as much or get as visibly (okay, vocally) affected by events - no panic or lashing out during The Lady's Paying, for instance. I know JB's performance was first greeted as 'my god, it's Joe Gillis as a brat'. A brat who's used to sealing deals with extra incentive or at least *implied* extra incentive. :pokes Campbell: Mind you, rather amused that Betty is far more cynical in this version - whereas the illegally recorded in the lap version is probably closer to the movie, as is their Cecil B DeMille closer vocally to actual Cecil.
Oh, and happy dance time : abortion legalised in Mexico City - considering the 'at least' stats on women dying from botched ones are 1.5k a year out of 200k, it's about bloody time. Rome? Time to take notice that your second-largest constituency is using their brain.
Finally caved and got the American premiere of Sunset Boulevard (Glenn Close, Alan Campbell, George Hearn). It's pretty good, and Glenn Close is a fantastic Norma Desmond. Voice not as strong as Elaine Paige or Betty Buckley, but everything else top-notch, and very similar to Elaine's interpretation (we're guessing Elaine patterned it after her). George Hearn I'm having issues with - mostly due to the fact that his Max just isn't very Erich von Stroheim-esque (not quite haughty enough, not as stiff upper lip, and the accent isn't nearly strong enough). Alan Campbell's good as Joe, quite close to William Holden's original. :sigh: I guess my only real problem is that it's ...I dunno, not individual enough. Once again, JB spoiled me. The twists on certain lines aren't there - Campbell doesn't flirt as much or get as visibly (okay, vocally) affected by events - no panic or lashing out during The Lady's Paying, for instance. I know JB's performance was first greeted as 'my god, it's Joe Gillis as a brat'. A brat who's used to sealing deals with extra incentive or at least *implied* extra incentive. :pokes Campbell: Mind you, rather amused that Betty is far more cynical in this version - whereas the illegally recorded in the lap version is probably closer to the movie, as is their Cecil B DeMille closer vocally to actual Cecil.
Oh, and happy dance time : abortion legalised in Mexico City - considering the 'at least' stats on women dying from botched ones are 1.5k a year out of 200k, it's about bloody time. Rome? Time to take notice that your second-largest constituency is using their brain.
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Date: 2007-04-26 02:26 am (UTC)It particularly annoys me when online retailers do this. What is the point of offering the convenience of shopping at any time of the day or night, but then only delivering at times when anyone who works for a living won't be at home? If I have to take the day off work I might as well go to the damn shop!