I want to like you, fic, but....
Jan. 3rd, 2008 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
burntcopper...augh. Was poking through the New Years' Resolutions on yuletide, saw the Billy Elliot story by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
sathinks and went 'oooo'. Read. it's not bad, it's just... So many details wrong. Maybe not that many and most wouldn't notice them, but just... they kept bopping me over the head. Like Michael not being used to crowds. Er, Newcastle? Durham? Not to mention the comment about the Tube - okay, the Metro doesn't get as crowded, but he would've been on it at least a few times if he lives *anywhere* in Northumberland, even if his village is closer to Durham rather'n Newcastle. a few phrases're wrong - some for the era, like 'partner' instead of 'girlfriend', some briticisms like 'apartment' vs. 'flat' that weren't all caught.
My other major facepalm is the whole bit about Swan Lake. Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake isn't Royal Ballet and never was. It debuted at Sadlers' Wells, which is *so* not Royal Ballet - they're based at the Royal Opera House, for starters. The whole point of it is that it was an entirely new take on it, it wasn't a cornerstone then - the classical Swan Lake is, and like most Matthew Bourne stuff, only holds a vague resemblance to the traditional story. Plus. The role is *not* called the Swan King. It's just 'The Swan / The Stranger'. Please stop. Stop now.
...Yes, I'lll go off and stop headdesking soon, honest.
sathinks and went 'oooo'. Read. it's not bad, it's just... So many details wrong. Maybe not that many and most wouldn't notice them, but just... they kept bopping me over the head. Like Michael not being used to crowds. Er, Newcastle? Durham? Not to mention the comment about the Tube - okay, the Metro doesn't get as crowded, but he would've been on it at least a few times if he lives *anywhere* in Northumberland, even if his village is closer to Durham rather'n Newcastle. a few phrases're wrong - some for the era, like 'partner' instead of 'girlfriend', some briticisms like 'apartment' vs. 'flat' that weren't all caught. My other major facepalm is the whole bit about Swan Lake. Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake isn't Royal Ballet and never was. It debuted at Sadlers' Wells, which is *so* not Royal Ballet - they're based at the Royal Opera House, for starters. The whole point of it is that it was an entirely new take on it, it wasn't a cornerstone then - the classical Swan Lake is, and like most Matthew Bourne stuff, only holds a vague resemblance to the traditional story. Plus. The role is *not* called the Swan King. It's just 'The Swan / The Stranger'. Please stop. Stop now.
...Yes, I'lll go off and stop headdesking soon, honest.
