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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 247961" data-attributes="member: 23">Tonight I watched Babs on BBC1. I missed it the first time round (possibly deliberately. I&#039;m never quite sure how to feel about biopics of people whose work I know and like). I thoroughly enjoyed it. Really nicely done. I loved the stagey interactions between various eras, with the whole production capturing that feeling of a confusing and nostalgic dream where chronology is fluid and eras interact against all the rules of time. I thought it was tasteful too, skirting round some of the more salacious stuff (which I suppose was already partially covered in Cor, Blimey! and the play on which that was based). Both actresses playing adult Babs were great but as in Cor, Blimey! I was blown away by Samantha Spiro. I don&#039;t believe I&#039;ve ever seen anyone portray a real person so truthfully and completely. As far as I know, playing Barbara is the only role in which I&#039;ve seen Samantha which feels a bit criminal since it&#039;s clear she&#039;s a damned good actress. 
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[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 247961, member: 23"] Tonight I watched [I]Babs[/I] on BBC1. I missed it the first time round (possibly deliberately. I'm never quite sure how to feel about biopics of people whose work I know and like). I thoroughly enjoyed it. Really nicely done. I loved the stagey interactions between various eras, with the whole production capturing that feeling of a confusing and nostalgic dream where chronology is fluid and eras interact against all the rules of time. I thought it was tasteful too, skirting round some of the more salacious stuff (which I suppose was already partially covered in [I]Cor, Blimey! [/I]and the play on which that was based). Both actresses playing adult Babs were great but as in [I]Cor, Blimey! [/I]I was blown away by Samantha Spiro. I don't believe I've ever seen anyone portray a real person so truthfully and completely. As far as I know, playing Barbara is the only role in which I've seen Samantha which feels a bit criminal since it's clear she's a damned good actress. [CENTER] [img]https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2017/05/136903.6bdfa121-c8e8-4c34-abc3-19e5702ba49d.jpg?quality=90&resize=620,413[/img][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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