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- From: udaya@portia.rice.edu (Udaya Sathuvalli 207Cox x3626)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.wodehouse
- Subject: Re: Gussy Finknottle
- Message-ID: <C1F7ML.G6E@rice.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:37:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.233654.12201@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar) writes:
- |> In article <C17IA0.Ly6@world.std.com> kcl@world.std.com (Katherine C Long) writes:
- |> [stuff deleted]
- |> >
- |> > Anyhow, aside from the main characters, the casting of
- |> >Gussy the Newt Fancier and Madeline Basset, who believes
- |> >that every time a baby coughs a wee fairy is born, is grand!
- |> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- I was rather dissapointed in the choice of the actress
- who played
- Madeline Basset. To the best of my
- knowledge, the Basset was supposed to have a great
- profile. In fact I recall Bertie talking very flatteringly
- about her looks (something
- about the outer crust, etc.) The recent version on PBS
- did not do her justice.
-
- In fact I think, all the women characters were
- portrayed very badly. Particularly, Stephanie Byng.
- The dramatisation made her out to be a monster.
- According to The Book, she is a flighty
- high spirited girl, who distributes
- soup to the needy. That was nowhere to be seen.
- I know this is picking straws. But I think it
- proves a contention that Wodehouse
- is untranslatable to the screen.
- How do you shoot a "nugget" like-
- "There was a lot of mud on the constable's face,
- but not enough to hide his wounded expression",
- onto the cinema/TV screen?
-
- By the way, what did you guys think of Spode-0n-Screen?
-
-
- UB
-