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Coming out storyline in Brit soap 'Coronation Street'
Andrew:
For any of you Northerners (UK) who liked Bruno Langley as Todd...there are recent reports that he is working for the time being as a bartender in the Atlas Bar in Manchester. Who knows if it is true or a publicity trick? Or simple misidentification? I know most British actors count themselves lucky to get one acting job a year. Bruno did do a long tour last year of the play A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, which is set in Salford. I suppose he is having to fight being only considered for Greater Manchester roles.
If it is true he is at the bar, I suppose anyone in he area now has the chance to give him an appreciative word. Or an extravagant tip. Or just peep shyly.
Fran:
--- Quote from: Andrew on February 17, 2007, 01:38:04 pm ---I found a site that summarizes every scene with Todd and Karl in it. It has downloads as well, of some new scenes. A lot of things have even more meaning in the context of the additional scenes.
http://www.chrisfinchluvr.co.uk/toddandkarl/
--- End quote ---
Thanks, Andrew. This is great!
Biggest surprise for me (and definitely for Todd's mum, too): Sarah and Jason.... :)
Lumière:
I am *so* loving going through the videos and getting a better insight into the relationship between Todd and Karl.
I really like the "Goodbye Karl" scenes .. I have replayed it over and over like 4 times.
It feels so real .. :)
The "sink pinning" and "door pinning" scenes are fun too! ;D
Ok, I better get back to it.
Night!
Andrew:
Milli, it's such a balm to find out that someone else is enjoying this as much as I am. You too, Fran! I didn't realize until this week how ready I was for a fresh obsession. Maybe, as an unconscious anniversary celebration of that other one which will never grow old.
I spent much of Saturday watching all the videos on the Chris Finch site. What I wonder at is how the dialog can be so ordinary yet so in character to the speaker, so consistently, even in the little scraps. The very first scene on that site is the conversation in the canteen about the concert the night before, when Todd asks 'Why did they have to have it so loud?' - and Karl wonders that he sounds like an old man. The hint of Todd as being what Eileen calls him much later - my sensitive son - slipped in. And used to and loving the quiet of home already at his young age.
And then in that Goodbye Karl scene, when Todd talks about when he was a boy and went to the camp in the Peaks and was so homesick. It is his analogy for coming out and never realizing how close he always was, how hard and far he thought it would be. But it just like Todd to think of that analogy - seeing his home from a new spot.
Yes, I love that scene Milli. It is so natural. The way Todd takes up his plate when they are inside, and jokes. That indescribable blend of vanishing awkwardness between them, and gratitude and peace and acceptance. It is not a heavy-handed this or that to the story. It is not necessarily a final goodbye, just a particular closing, as they find themselves experiencing it at that particular time.
Lumière:
Andrew ~ You said it, this is a fresh obsession! Too right!
Dang, will I ever get anything done away from the computer? ;D
For me, one of the big things with these lads is that they have chemistry on-screen! It feels believable .. the way they look at each other, their body language, etc. .. it is just right.
I came across a Todd/Karl forum online and it was interesting to read what people think about them and their relationship. Some people thought Karl was a user who preyed on poor Todd; some thought he was the opposite; some thought he was just what Todd needed to get him to face his true self. But I believe that the story is so much more than musings about who is bad/good . Karl was not perfect, neither was Todd .. just like Jack & Ennis were imperfect as well .. I think it is so easy to lose sight of the point of the story when one is busy taking sides...
This story has gotten into me bad .. I am hopelessly hooked now .. ::)..argh..
But boy, it feels good! ;)
Oh and another thing ..
"Whats the story" with Karl's favorite white tee-shirt? ;D
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