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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 323411" data-attributes="member: 23">There are a couple of things that went in its favour. The first is Jamie Lee Curtis&#039;s performance, since she has great comic timing and very little of the vanity one would associate of a Hollywood actress of her calibre. She isn&#039;t afraid of looking silly or of using her age and poking fun at her appearance.What also helped is that it&#039;s many, many years since I&#039;ve watched the original. I&#039;m sure I must have seen it during childhood at least once, but I can barely remember it. This must have been helpful, because I&#039;m sure Lindsay Lohan&#039;s performance paled compared with Jodie Foster.I loved Nan as part of the series, but yes, I can imagine it wouldn&#039;t work anything like as well without the brevity. Even some of the longer sketches in the series didn&#039;t feel as funny as the five minute ones.That said, if Catherine ever does The Shocked Northern Adventures Of Janice &amp; Ray, I&#039;ll be there for it...
[MEDIA=youtube]jOJj5xh0uG0[/MEDIA]I had wondered if it might work the other way round and need toning down for the Twenties. With cancel culture, I&#039;d thought some of Nan&#039;s less-than-politically-correct blunt observations about people&#039;s appearances might shock a sensitive younger audience even more today than it did almost two decades ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 323411, member: 23"] There are a couple of things that went in its favour. The first is Jamie Lee Curtis's performance, since she has great comic timing and very little of the vanity one would associate of a Hollywood actress of her calibre. She isn't afraid of looking silly or of using her age and poking fun at her appearance. What also helped is that it's many, many years since I've watched the original. I'm sure I must have seen it during childhood at least once, but I can barely remember it. This must have been helpful, because I'm sure Lindsay Lohan's performance paled compared with Jodie Foster. I loved Nan as part of the series, but yes, I can imagine it wouldn't work anything like as well without the brevity. Even some of the longer sketches in the series didn't feel as funny as the five minute ones. That said, if Catherine ever does [I]The Shocked Northern Adventures Of Janice & Ray[/I], I'll be there for it... [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]jOJj5xh0uG0[/MEDIA][/CENTER] I had wondered if it might work the other way round and need toning down for the Twenties. With cancel culture, I'd thought some of Nan's less-than-politically-correct blunt observations about people's appearances might shock a sensitive younger audience even more today than it did almost two decades ago. [/QUOTE]

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