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     Mbfg (Mbfg) Username: Mbfg Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 82.6.90.22 |
Popped into London this afternoon, ostensibly to blow that old harp at the very excellent "Ain't Nothing But Blues" Bar in Carnaby Street - how insufferably cool am I? Just popped into London, I mean, hey man... It was a great jam session I have to say and all the players there were simply incredible - and it was free! I was invited to accompany a couple of contributors which is always a great experience, especially when the harmonica honking goes right (it doesn't always, not by a long shot). Anyway, the point of this posting. The session ended at about 6pm so I wandered into the West End for some food and ended up grabbing a last minute ticket for "The Children's Hour" which is a play starring Kiera Knightly (dear God she's skinny)and the actor who plays Peggy in "Mad Men". I must say that I found a lot of the first act a trifle irritating, but at the end, in the last moments before the interval the play suddenly exploded into something much darker and more sinister, especially for me, a teacher for whom the play's central event is one of my worst professional nightmares. The second act was very powerful and left me with that feeling that this is how I want to write but can never quite get there. The darker side of real life is coming to intrigue me more than the supernatural and this was a fine example of how terifying this can be. See it if you can. Cheers Terry | ||
| Giancarlo (Giancarlo) Username: Giancarlo Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 217.202.29.177 |
That's an excellent movie too. It was directed by William Wyler in 1960, sporting memorable playing by Audrey Hepburn and Shirley Mc Laine. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.4.19.77 |
I love that movie... incredibly disturbing and powerful. I saw it once as a teenager and the sheer nastiness of what is done to the main protagonists has haunted me ever since. Scarier than any "evil child" horror because it is so real. |