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"Vicious": British comedy with Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on March 30, 2015, 01:46:42 pm ---I'll always think of Derek Jacobi from the BBC Hamlet around 1980, and also as the emperor in I,Claudius.
Ian McKellen, I saw in a one-man Shakespeare show in the late 80s that was riveting.
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As poor as my memory is, I did some double checking, but the first role I ever saw Derek Jacobi in was Josef Lanner in the miniseries The Strauss Family, which goes all the way back to 1972, and the first for Ian McKellen was as Chauvelin in the TV movie The Scarlet Pimpernel, with Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews (1982). Clearly they both made an impression on me since I still remember them after all these years.
I didn't like Derek Jacobi as Brother Cadfael, but that wasn't his fault, I'm sure. I blame it on the way the role was written for the series. I always saw Brother Cadfael as more of a Leo McKern type:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571674/?ref_=tt_cl_t1
brianr:
I watched "Vicious" long ago, when I lived in Australia so over 5 years. I thought it funny but did have some issues with the stereotyping. I am a great admirer of Sir Ian McKellen both for his acting and his gay rights campaigning.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: southendmd on March 30, 2015, 01:30:28 pm ---I'm sure there are some who will object to the stereotype of bitchy old queens.
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--- Quote from: brian on March 30, 2015, 02:07:20 pm ---I watched "Vicious" long ago, when I lived in Australia so over 5 years. I thought it funny but did have some issues with the stereotyping. I am a great admirer of Sir Ian McKellen both for his acting and his gay rights campaigning.
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What stereotyping??
;D :laugh:
Aloysius J. Gleek:
By the way, I love Frances de la Tour (of The History Boys fame).
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Ash shirtless:
I'm only doing this for Vi, of course.
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