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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: 253158" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Julie Walters & Friends</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">(29th December 1991)</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SEdzuLREnV8/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 706px" /></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Now this one I hadn’t seen before. And what a concept: four brilliant writers who have been instrumental in Julie Walters’ career up to this point each write new material for her. </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">Despite being made up of distinct segments the smörgåsbord feels surprisingly cohesive, helped by the fact that all the writers share an ear for very human, very real (and frequently very Northern) dialogue. </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">There’s no mistaking this is a showcase for Julie, and it’s successful on this level with a couple of very impressive monologues, as well as songs. Something that’s come across strongly with rewatching all this material is that Julie has a really nice singing voice and gives the material the emotion you'd expect. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px">[MEDIA=youtube]SEdzuLREnV8[/MEDIA]</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">In terms of actors, it's a minimalistic affair, which is all to the good. Apart from Julie herself, the only other appearances are talking heads from the writers talking about Julie and appearances from a couple of them in sketches. But her friendship with the writers also comes across, and the respect and enjoyment seems to be a very two-way thing. </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"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Julie plays a little girl to an old man, and pretty much everything in between. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 15px">[MEDIA=youtube]2LwPYDXcOAQ[/MEDIA]</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">And, after years of wondering about the inspiration for the name of an Almighty remixer who did some Abbacadabra tracks, I finally know who Mary Brazzle is. </span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">[MEDIA=youtube]PKrBADuG730[/MEDIA]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 253158, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Julie Walters & Friends[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4](29th December 1991)[/SIZE] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=4][IMG width="706px"]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SEdzuLREnV8/maxresdefault.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]Now this one I hadn’t seen before. And what a concept: four brilliant writers who have been instrumental in Julie Walters’ career up to this point each write new material for her. Despite being made up of distinct segments the smörgåsbord feels surprisingly cohesive, helped by the fact that all the writers share an ear for very human, very real (and frequently very Northern) dialogue. There’s no mistaking this is a showcase for Julie, and it’s successful on this level with a couple of very impressive monologues, as well as songs. Something that’s come across strongly with rewatching all this material is that Julie has a really nice singing voice and gives the material the emotion you'd expect. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER] [SIZE=4][MEDIA=youtube]SEdzuLREnV8[/MEDIA][/SIZE][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]In terms of actors, it's a minimalistic affair, which is all to the good. Apart from Julie herself, the only other appearances are talking heads from the writers talking about Julie and appearances from a couple of them in sketches. But her friendship with the writers also comes across, and the respect and enjoyment seems to be a very two-way thing. Julie plays a little girl to an old man, and pretty much everything in between. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=4][MEDIA=youtube]2LwPYDXcOAQ[/MEDIA][/SIZE][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]And, after years of wondering about the inspiration for the name of an Almighty remixer who did some Abbacadabra tracks, I finally know who Mary Brazzle is. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][MEDIA=youtube]PKrBADuG730[/MEDIA][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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