Shocking Pink ([info]fionnghuala) wrote,
@ 2008-04-02 19:11:00
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Current mood: Obsessed with Derren Brown

There'll be No. Butter. In. Hell !!!
Finally saw Cold Comfort Farm last night, after almost a year of expectations. There were fantastic moments, like realising that Stephen Fry was playing Mr Mybug, and essentially is him in real life. But overall I was a bit disappointed. The humour wasn't relentless enough, and a lot of the low-key charm was pushed a bit, too. Even the no butter in hell line, possibly one of the funniest in the entire universe, was a bit too Made For TV :(

This is a bit of a limp entry. All the cool entries in my head require a bit too much commitment for my current, failing-to-get-any-work-done mode of operation.

PS: Donna Haraway rocks my socks.


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[info]fionnghuala
2008-04-04 03:20 pm UTC (link)
In the novel, I'm sure it implies she's the same age as Flora, and in the fortunate position of having married a rich man who then dies. So there's a sense that that's it - she's done all the work she'll ever have to do in setting up that situation, so now all she's doing is poncing about the place, collecting bras and drinking cockatails.

In the film, she's obviously a lot older than Flora, and I think that makes the snootiness seem more coherent. The character is a bit more well-rounded. In the book she comes across more like Mr Mybug; a bit incoherent and jarring.

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