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"Beat me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly": All things Victoria Wood
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 253636" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">Victoria Wood Live</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px">(1996)</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UV94bR49q3I/hqdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Vic had already broken box office records at the Royal Albert Hall by selling out fifteen nights in the one venue in 1993. She achieved the Hall’s record for the most shows in a run by any comedian and any other female performer. But on top of this, she came back and did the same all over again with <u><em>another</em></u> fifteen nights three years later. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">While the 1993 set doesn’t appear to be easily available to watch, I was very struck by how much new material this concert has compared with her <em>Sold Out</em> tour from just five years earlier (and indeed, her shorter live performances such as <em>Live In Your Own Home</em>). There’s very little repetition apart from the very occasional line. Certain themes are familiar, because that’s where Vic’s strength lies. It’s observations about Britishness; bad service; sex; families, and so on. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The energy she keeps up for this 95 minute set is very impressive. It’s all so seamless and just flows from one theme to another. With the occasional song thrown in for good measure. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">While not in any big way, there’s a sense that Vic has developed more edge as she’s grown in confidence and into middle age. It feels like she’s got more to say and she’s less bothered about how that will be perceived. This is perhaps summed up by one song in particular, which I’ll get to in a moment. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The monologues are terrific. The “spending Christmas with someone else’s family” one towards the end of the show is especially memorable. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The songs are very strong this time round. There are perhaps five or six throughout, but two in particular have become standout songs for me: both in the second act, and both very funny indeed. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">First there’s Pam, which is an ode to frigidity. Pam herself feels very much like a musical version of Kitty from <em>As Seen On TV. </em>She’s very British and very blunt. She makes Freda’s Barry seem positively rampant, while at the same time getting far more action than he did.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">She tries marriage, lesbianism and a romance at sea, but none of them do anything for her. Hubby is simply refused (“Harold dear, now do get dressed. I’ve seen one in a book and I was not impressed); her lesbian roommate has her way with Pam, which only results in Pam’s specs getting bent (“I’d rather have a coffee and a Wagon Wheel”, she decides afterwards); while Billy, her nautical romance doesn’t do it for her either (“he got stuck in, he really tried. But I only felt a tremor down my left hand side”). </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The lyrics are hilarious and oh so Victoria Wood, with references to Ovaltine, Custard Creams, tea, rainhoods, rum and Babycham, Abergele and even Alan Bennett. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 15px">[MEDIA=youtube]iKRcm5v30tw[/MEDIA]</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 253636, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=7]Victoria Wood Live[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4](1996) [IMG]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UV94bR49q3I/hqdefault.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]Vic had already broken box office records at the Royal Albert Hall by selling out fifteen nights in the one venue in 1993. She achieved the Hall’s record for the most shows in a run by any comedian and any other female performer. But on top of this, she came back and did the same all over again with [U][I]another[/I][/U] fifteen nights three years later. While the 1993 set doesn’t appear to be easily available to watch, I was very struck by how much new material this concert has compared with her [I]Sold Out[/I] tour from just five years earlier (and indeed, her shorter live performances such as [I]Live In Your Own Home[/I]). There’s very little repetition apart from the very occasional line. Certain themes are familiar, because that’s where Vic’s strength lies. It’s observations about Britishness; bad service; sex; families, and so on. The energy she keeps up for this 95 minute set is very impressive. It’s all so seamless and just flows from one theme to another. With the occasional song thrown in for good measure. While not in any big way, there’s a sense that Vic has developed more edge as she’s grown in confidence and into middle age. It feels like she’s got more to say and she’s less bothered about how that will be perceived. This is perhaps summed up by one song in particular, which I’ll get to in a moment. The monologues are terrific. The “spending Christmas with someone else’s family” one towards the end of the show is especially memorable. The songs are very strong this time round. There are perhaps five or six throughout, but two in particular have become standout songs for me: both in the second act, and both very funny indeed. First there’s Pam, which is an ode to frigidity. Pam herself feels very much like a musical version of Kitty from [I]As Seen On TV. [/I]She’s very British and very blunt. She makes Freda’s Barry seem positively rampant, while at the same time getting far more action than he did. She tries marriage, lesbianism and a romance at sea, but none of them do anything for her. Hubby is simply refused (“Harold dear, now do get dressed. I’ve seen one in a book and I was not impressed); her lesbian roommate has her way with Pam, which only results in Pam’s specs getting bent (“I’d rather have a coffee and a Wagon Wheel”, she decides afterwards); while Billy, her nautical romance doesn’t do it for her either (“he got stuck in, he really tried. But I only felt a tremor down my left hand side”). The lyrics are hilarious and oh so Victoria Wood, with references to Ovaltine, Custard Creams, tea, rainhoods, rum and Babycham, Abergele and even Alan Bennett. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=4][MEDIA=youtube]iKRcm5v30tw[/MEDIA][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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