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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 100074" data-attributes="member: 23">What is it about seeing a great theatrical actress attempting to imitate a trilling telephone that causes me to laugh so heartily? Even before she started the first time, when there was that moment of hesitation and a flicker of self-consciousness, I found myself laughing at the very idea. And I suppose that&#039;s exactly why. It&#039;s partly the awkward juxtapostition of a Dame Commander behaving with such indignity of course. But it&#039;s also because of the perfect timing and complete believability with which she presents the uncomfortable moment. Acting skills which prove exactly why she&#039;s a Dame in the first place. Oh - and Mrs Flack. Loveable, kind, chatty Mrs Flack. I&#039;ve known several people like her. The people that, try as they might, can&#039;t stop talking and can&#039;t keep any conversation - no matter what the original topic - from quickly straying to something that relates solely to their life and its inhabitants. Mrs F. is perhaps one of the best on-screen representatives of this type and the way in which they&#039;re viewed by those in daily contact with them - the resolve to tackle it head on when she&#039;s not around and then all intentions going out of the window when she arrives with a smile on her face and a new story about her broken leg. Jean and Lionel&#039;s plan to fire her took the show into some nice farce, from the aforementioned pretended incoming telephone call to the mixed communications when Mrs F. gave notice to Jean but an unknowing Lionel continued with their plan to scare Mrs Flack by inviting her to Los Angeles with him. On screen it all felt quite simple and truthful, but like the miscommunications in Father, Dear Father, I imagine it&#039;s terribly challenging to write and still make this funny.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 100074, member: 23"] What is it about seeing a great theatrical actress attempting to imitate a trilling telephone that causes me to laugh so heartily? Even before she started the first time, when there was that moment of hesitation and a flicker of self-consciousness, I found myself laughing at the very idea. And I suppose that's exactly why. It's partly the awkward juxtapostition of a Dame Commander behaving with such indignity of course. But it's also because of the perfect timing and complete believability with which she presents the uncomfortable moment. Acting skills which prove exactly [I]why[/I] she's a Dame in the first place. Oh - and Mrs Flack. Loveable, kind, chatty Mrs Flack. I've known several people like her. The people that, try as they might, can't stop talking and can't keep any conversation - no matter what the original topic - from quickly straying to something that relates solely to their life and its inhabitants. Mrs F. is perhaps one of the best on-screen representatives of this type and the way in which they're viewed by those in daily contact with them - the resolve to tackle it head on when she's not around and then all intentions going out of the window when she arrives with a smile on her face and a new story about her broken leg. Jean and Lionel's plan to fire her took the show into some nice farce, from the aforementioned pretended incoming telephone call to the mixed communications when Mrs F. gave notice to Jean but an unknowing Lionel continued with their plan to scare Mrs Flack by inviting her to Los Angeles with him. On screen it all felt quite simple and truthful, but like the miscommunications in [I]Father, Dear Father[/I], I imagine it's terribly challenging to write and still make this funny. [/QUOTE]

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