Steven Moffat began working on his new limited series “Douglas Is Cancelled” in 2018, before most people — Moffat included — had even heard of the term “cancel culture.”
It was only later he realized his story — about a distinguished news anchor whose life is turned upside down when an unguarded comment goes viral — exemplified it.
“At the time I wrote this, I wouldn’t have known the expression,” the screenwriter, best known for his work on fan favorites “Sherlock” and “Doctor Who,” tells Variety. “Obviously, [once I did] I co-opted it straight into the title.”
The show follows the misadventures of Douglas Bellowes, played by Hugh Bonneville of “Paddington” and “Downton Abbey” fame. After a rare verbal misstep at a wedding spirals out of control, he finds himself scrambling to salvage both his personal and professional lives. Karen Gillan (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) also stars as Douglas’ ambitious and internet-savvy co-host Madeline.
“What’s funny...
It was only later he realized his story — about a distinguished news anchor whose life is turned upside down when an unguarded comment goes viral — exemplified it.
“At the time I wrote this, I wouldn’t have known the expression,” the screenwriter, best known for his work on fan favorites “Sherlock” and “Doctor Who,” tells Variety. “Obviously, [once I did] I co-opted it straight into the title.”
The show follows the misadventures of Douglas Bellowes, played by Hugh Bonneville of “Paddington” and “Downton Abbey” fame. After a rare verbal misstep at a wedding spirals out of control, he finds himself scrambling to salvage both his personal and professional lives. Karen Gillan (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) also stars as Douglas’ ambitious and internet-savvy co-host Madeline.
“What’s funny...
- 2/26/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Don’t let your old console just sit there collecting dust. Here’s how you can make use of your PS4 or Xbox One.
“If you’ve just upgraded to a Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or Xbox Series S, you might be wondering whether your existing console is just going to sit in a corner gathering dust. Are you really going to go back to it all that much? If the answer is probably no, then you’ve got a few different options when it comes to what to do with it.”
Read more at Gizmodo.
The current pandemic may be a new experience to us, but humanity has always had to deal with plagues. Check out some weird ways our ancestors thought could protect them from widespread diseases.
“By late July 1665, London was a city in crisis. The Royal Family had fled, the wealthy hurriedly packed for their escape,...
“If you’ve just upgraded to a Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or Xbox Series S, you might be wondering whether your existing console is just going to sit in a corner gathering dust. Are you really going to go back to it all that much? If the answer is probably no, then you’ve got a few different options when it comes to what to do with it.”
Read more at Gizmodo.
The current pandemic may be a new experience to us, but humanity has always had to deal with plagues. Check out some weird ways our ancestors thought could protect them from widespread diseases.
“By late July 1665, London was a city in crisis. The Royal Family had fled, the wealthy hurriedly packed for their escape,...
- 1/19/2021
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
You know, looking back on my youth, it simply amazes me what a sweet summer child I was. I was born the year that the Berlin Wall came crashing down and spent my formative years in what some were boldly calling “the End of History.” When we learned about Samuel Pepys famous diary of the tumultuous days he lived in, I remember thinking “Well, there’s really no point in me keeping a diary, the only thing that’s going to be worth talking about in my lifetime” – that is, the September 11th terrorist attacks – “already happened. There’s nothing left
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- 6/4/2020
- by Brian Hadsell
- TVovermind.com
It’s a rare series that can say so much with a single image. In the poster for “Gentleman Jack,” Sally Wainwright’s rollicking new period comedy for HBO, the actress Suranne Jones stands in half profile, cutting an undeniably intriguing figure. Her hair rests in tight ringlets above the ear, she looks exceedingly smart in her top hat and waistcoat — both black, her color of choice. Her head is cocked to the side, and, turned away from the adoring woman at her side, she offers a cunning smile.
This is Anne Lister, or the TV version of her anyway, and just a few minutes into the first episode of “Gentleman Jack” one thing becomes very clear — there has never been a true life character more worthy of her own TV show.
Born in Halifax, England, in 1791, Anne Lister was a diarist as prolific as Samuel Pepys. That her name...
This is Anne Lister, or the TV version of her anyway, and just a few minutes into the first episode of “Gentleman Jack” one thing becomes very clear — there has never been a true life character more worthy of her own TV show.
Born in Halifax, England, in 1791, Anne Lister was a diarist as prolific as Samuel Pepys. That her name...
- 4/22/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Image Source: Getty / Anwar Hussein Or should we say infamous? All-consuming passion, illicit liaisons, bitter breakups, heartbreak, and true love - over the centuries, royal history has had it all. And because of the nature of monarchy, everything has been acted out on a much larger scale. Love letters were burned or placed in a museum and jewels handed out like gas station flowers while countless people were affected. Whether they have gone down in history for the scale of their love or the size of their scandal, we take a look at the top 10 royal couples who have captured our imaginations throughout the ages. RelatedScandals That Will Change the Way You Think About the Royals Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles The relationship between Charles and Camilla got off to a flying start when the pair were both age 23 and met at a polo match. They started a relationship, but...
- 5/4/2017
- by Marcia Moody
- Popsugar.com
Arrow: Sky1, 8pm
The third season of Sky1's superhero smash continues tonight, as the hunt for Sara's killer begins in earnest.
Simon Lacroix - the hitman Komodo - becomes Oliver's chief suspect, but is there more to The Canary's murder than our hero suspects?
Peaky Blinders: BBC Two, 9pm
Series two of BBC Two's moody and magnificent period thriller draws to a close as events come to a head at the Epsom Derby.
In tonight's finale, Tommy (Cillian Murphy) plans to strike a blow against Sabini (Noah Taylor) but the arrival of some shocking news changes everything for the mob boss.
The Great Fire: ITV, 9pm
Another series ender as ITV's ambitious period piece starring Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays airs its fourth and final instalment.
In the final chapter, Sarah (Rose Leslie) is captured and with Lord Denton (Charles Dance) levelling accusations of treason, it...
The third season of Sky1's superhero smash continues tonight, as the hunt for Sara's killer begins in earnest.
Simon Lacroix - the hitman Komodo - becomes Oliver's chief suspect, but is there more to The Canary's murder than our hero suspects?
Peaky Blinders: BBC Two, 9pm
Series two of BBC Two's moody and magnificent period thriller draws to a close as events come to a head at the Epsom Derby.
In tonight's finale, Tommy (Cillian Murphy) plans to strike a blow against Sabini (Noah Taylor) but the arrival of some shocking news changes everything for the mob boss.
The Great Fire: ITV, 9pm
Another series ender as ITV's ambitious period piece starring Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays airs its fourth and final instalment.
In the final chapter, Sarah (Rose Leslie) is captured and with Lord Denton (Charles Dance) levelling accusations of treason, it...
- 11/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Get an explosive first look at ITV's new drama The Great Fire on Digital Spy.
The red-hot new series is based on the true events of 1666's Great Fire of London.
On set, Andrew Buchan (who plays Thomas Farriner) and Daniel Mays (Samuel Pepys) talked DS through what to expect - beyond the pyrotechnics!
Game of Thrones veterans Charles Dance and Rose Leslie also appear in the series, alongside Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula).
The Great Fire begins this Thursday (October 16) at 9pm on ITV.
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The red-hot new series is based on the true events of 1666's Great Fire of London.
On set, Andrew Buchan (who plays Thomas Farriner) and Daniel Mays (Samuel Pepys) talked DS through what to expect - beyond the pyrotechnics!
Game of Thrones veterans Charles Dance and Rose Leslie also appear in the series, alongside Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula).
The Great Fire begins this Thursday (October 16) at 9pm on ITV.
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John Simm, David Threlfall for ITV's Code Of A Killer...
- 10/14/2014
- Digital Spy
The Great Fire ITV
Charles Dance, Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays lead an all-star cast in ITV’s new historical drama The Great Fire. The four part series debuts on Wednesday 16 October at 9 pm. Set in the summer of 1666, it begins as Thomas Farriner — the King’s baker — prepares some dough in his Pudding Lane store. Elsewhere in the city, the King’s wild escapades are temporarily disrupted by an assassination attempt, while Navy secretary Samuel Pepys busily tries to balance the nation’s budget. As night descends, a mishap at the bakery sparks an event that will change the nation’s capital forever. Click below for a preview.
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Charles Dance, Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays lead an all-star cast in ITV’s new historical drama The Great Fire. The four part series debuts on Wednesday 16 October at 9 pm. Set in the summer of 1666, it begins as Thomas Farriner — the King’s baker — prepares some dough in his Pudding Lane store. Elsewhere in the city, the King’s wild escapades are temporarily disrupted by an assassination attempt, while Navy secretary Samuel Pepys busily tries to balance the nation’s budget. As night descends, a mishap at the bakery sparks an event that will change the nation’s capital forever. Click below for a preview.
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- 10/11/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
ITV has released a first-look at its ambitious new drama The Great Fire.
Game of Thrones veterans Charles Dance and Rose Leslie appear in the quick-fire promo for the four-part serial.
Also starring are Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula) and Daniel Mays, playing famed diarist Samuel Pepys.
Novelist Tom Bradby is on scripting duties for the drama, based on the true events of 1666's Great Fire of London.
"It's a fascinating premise for a drama and creates the perfect backdrop for Tom Bradby to be at his most creative," said executive producer Douglas Rae.
The Great Fire will launch on ITV later in 2014.
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Game of Thrones veterans Charles Dance and Rose Leslie appear in the quick-fire promo for the four-part serial.
Also starring are Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula) and Daniel Mays, playing famed diarist Samuel Pepys.
Novelist Tom Bradby is on scripting duties for the drama, based on the true events of 1666's Great Fire of London.
"It's a fascinating premise for a drama and creates the perfect backdrop for Tom Bradby to be at his most creative," said executive producer Douglas Rae.
The Great Fire will launch on ITV later in 2014.
Alex Kingston, Noel Clarke in first trailer for ITV's Chasing Shadows
ITV to rest Law & Order: UK as Bradley Walsh quits...
- 6/25/2014
- Digital Spy
London, May 7: The Ocr exam board has been criticized for introducing Russell Brand's testimony on drug as part of their new A-level English course, it has been revealed.
According to the Guardian, the A-level which also includes Times journalist Caitlin Moran's Twitter feed, Samuel Pepys's diary entries, interview of rapper Dizzee Rascal and work of former Guardian columnist, the Secret Footballer, has been denounced as 'rubbish' by the Department for Education.
A senior source of DfE warned the schools saying that pupils may not get through good universities and they expect better from other exam boards.
But despite all the condemnation, the exam board sustained the course and met the latest Ofqual and DfE guidelines,.
According to the Guardian, the A-level which also includes Times journalist Caitlin Moran's Twitter feed, Samuel Pepys's diary entries, interview of rapper Dizzee Rascal and work of former Guardian columnist, the Secret Footballer, has been denounced as 'rubbish' by the Department for Education.
A senior source of DfE warned the schools saying that pupils may not get through good universities and they expect better from other exam boards.
But despite all the condemnation, the exam board sustained the course and met the latest Ofqual and DfE guidelines,.
- 5/7/2014
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
ITV has set the roster for its upcoming four-part miniseries that follows the lives and loves of both historical and fictional characters in 1666 London as The Great Fire rages. Broadchurch‘s Andrew Buchan, Rose Leslie (Utopia, Game Of Thrones, Downton Abbey), Jack Huston (American Hustle, Boardwalk Empire) and Daniel Mays (Mrs Biggs, Welcome To The Punch) have each taken on key roles in the production from Fleming and Mistresses‘ Ecosse Films. Inspired by the real events of 1666 when nearly half of London was destroyed in less than a week, the drama is written by Tom Bradby, political editor of ITN and author of Shadow Dancer. The story unfolds over four consecutive days as the fire takes hold of the city and the people desperately attempt to overcome the flames amid a threat to the monarchy. Buchan will play humble baker Thomas Farriner in whose shop the fire began on September...
- 3/4/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Game of Thrones stars Charles Dance and Rose Leslie are to lead ITV's new drama The Great Fire.
Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston will also star opposite Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays in the four-parter, co-written by Tom Bradby.
The Great Fire - due to start shooting later this month - will tell the story of humble baker Thomas Farriner and his fabled involvement in The Great Fire of London.
Broadchurch star Buchan will play Thomas, with Leslie cast as his fictional sister-in-law Sarah.
Mays will bring famed diarist Samuel Pepys to life, with Huston playing King Charles II and Dracula actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen portraying his brother, James Duke of York.
Dance will play Lord Denton - an emissary of the King's - in the series, with Perdita Weeks, Andrew Tiernan and Antonia Clarke completing the cast.
Mr Selfridge director Jon Jones will helm all four episodes, which will use...
Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston will also star opposite Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays in the four-parter, co-written by Tom Bradby.
The Great Fire - due to start shooting later this month - will tell the story of humble baker Thomas Farriner and his fabled involvement in The Great Fire of London.
Broadchurch star Buchan will play Thomas, with Leslie cast as his fictional sister-in-law Sarah.
Mays will bring famed diarist Samuel Pepys to life, with Huston playing King Charles II and Dracula actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen portraying his brother, James Duke of York.
Dance will play Lord Denton - an emissary of the King's - in the series, with Perdita Weeks, Andrew Tiernan and Antonia Clarke completing the cast.
Mr Selfridge director Jon Jones will helm all four episodes, which will use...
- 3/4/2014
- Digital Spy
The award-winning biographer on the best thing she's read this year, the superior pleasures of radio, and a treat to come at the National
Claire Tomalin began her career as a journalist, working as literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times before making her name as a biographer. Her first book, The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread first book award in 1974, while The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, and Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man are among her other award-winning biographies. Tomalin's 1991 play, The Winter Wife, was based on her biography of Katherine Mansfield and performed at the Lyric Hammersmith. She also edited and wrote an introduction for Mary Shelley's children's book, Maurice, published in 1998. The Invisible Woman, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes and based on Tomalin's book, is in cinemas now.
Claire Tomalin began her career as a journalist, working as literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times before making her name as a biographer. Her first book, The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread first book award in 1974, while The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, and Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man are among her other award-winning biographies. Tomalin's 1991 play, The Winter Wife, was based on her biography of Katherine Mansfield and performed at the Lyric Hammersmith. She also edited and wrote an introduction for Mary Shelley's children's book, Maurice, published in 1998. The Invisible Woman, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes and based on Tomalin's book, is in cinemas now.
- 2/10/2014
- by Leah Harper
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Oct er 16: David Bowie has been named the best dressed Brit of all time by the BBC History Magazine, beating Elizabeth 1 and Beau Brummell.
The 'Heroes' hitmaker who received the highest percentage of votes, has also beaten Samuel Pepys, who was famous for his courtly curls, the Independent reported.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire secured the third position followed by George Brummell.
The best-dressed Brit are:
1. David Bowie - 48.5 percent
2. Elizabeth I - 13.6 percent
3. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire - 9.5 percent
4. George 'Beau' Brummell - 8.4.
The 'Heroes' hitmaker who received the highest percentage of votes, has also beaten Samuel Pepys, who was famous for his courtly curls, the Independent reported.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire secured the third position followed by George Brummell.
The best-dressed Brit are:
1. David Bowie - 48.5 percent
2. Elizabeth I - 13.6 percent
3. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire - 9.5 percent
4. George 'Beau' Brummell - 8.4.
- 10/16/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Steve McQueen's harrowing Oscar frontrunner is only the latest film to challenge social issues a little too late
As is becoming its wont, the Toronto international film festival seems to have delivered an Oscar frontrunner. By all accounts, Brit director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is a sterling piece of work; but that isn't the only reason it's attracting acclaim. The film is no mere romp like Argo or The Artist, crowd-pleaser like The King's Speech, or thrill ride like The Hurt Locker. According to McQueen, 12 Years is "necessary". (The Guardian's critic agreed that it's a "necessary" film, while a critic at the London Evening Standard found it "truly necessary".)
The film is deemed to be challenging, thought-provoking and powerful, forcing audiences to confront unwelcome but important realities. Understandably, it is therefore "something everyone should be obligated to see".
McQueen's film is certainly harrowing: people are thrown into carts like objects,...
As is becoming its wont, the Toronto international film festival seems to have delivered an Oscar frontrunner. By all accounts, Brit director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is a sterling piece of work; but that isn't the only reason it's attracting acclaim. The film is no mere romp like Argo or The Artist, crowd-pleaser like The King's Speech, or thrill ride like The Hurt Locker. According to McQueen, 12 Years is "necessary". (The Guardian's critic agreed that it's a "necessary" film, while a critic at the London Evening Standard found it "truly necessary".)
The film is deemed to be challenging, thought-provoking and powerful, forcing audiences to confront unwelcome but important realities. Understandably, it is therefore "something everyone should be obligated to see".
McQueen's film is certainly harrowing: people are thrown into carts like objects,...
- 9/16/2013
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
ITV has commissioned a four-part period drama based on the Great Fire of London.
The Great Fire of London will follow historical and fictional characters at the time of the 1666 catastrophe that destroyed much of the fledgling city.
"The scale and ambition of the drama will be immense," a statement said.
"From the humble baker Thomas Farriner and his family to the ambitious Samuel Pepys and King Charles II, the characters' stories will interweave as the city, and their lives, are changed beyond imagining during one of our nation's greatest historical disasters."
The drama will follow the four consecutive days in September 1666 when the Great Fire took hold.
"The fire consumes homes and lives as loyalties and friendships are tested and passions come to the fore. As the greatest city of the 17th century is destroyed, the fire is a catalyst to acts of forbidden love, deceit and despair," the statement continued.
The Great Fire of London will follow historical and fictional characters at the time of the 1666 catastrophe that destroyed much of the fledgling city.
"The scale and ambition of the drama will be immense," a statement said.
"From the humble baker Thomas Farriner and his family to the ambitious Samuel Pepys and King Charles II, the characters' stories will interweave as the city, and their lives, are changed beyond imagining during one of our nation's greatest historical disasters."
The drama will follow the four consecutive days in September 1666 when the Great Fire took hold.
"The fire consumes homes and lives as loyalties and friendships are tested and passions come to the fore. As the greatest city of the 17th century is destroyed, the fire is a catalyst to acts of forbidden love, deceit and despair," the statement continued.
- 4/27/2013
- Digital Spy
My new voice belongs to Edward Herrmann. He has allowed me to use it for 448 pages. The actor has recorded the audiobook version of my memoir, Life Itself, and my author's copies arrived a few days ago.
Listening to it, I discovered for the first time a benefit from losing my own speaking voice: If I could still speak, I suppose I would probably have recorded it myself, and I wouldn't have been able to do that anywhere as near as well as Herrmann does.
My editor, Mitch Hoffman, suggested a few readers he was confident would do a good job. Herrmann's name leaped up from his email.
I've always admired his acting, and there is a little newspaperman in his lineage: He played William Randolph Hearst in Bogdanovich's "The Cat's Meow." If my voice is performed by the actor who played Hearst, doesn't that make me only two degrees of separation from Orson Welles?...
Listening to it, I discovered for the first time a benefit from losing my own speaking voice: If I could still speak, I suppose I would probably have recorded it myself, and I wouldn't have been able to do that anywhere as near as well as Herrmann does.
My editor, Mitch Hoffman, suggested a few readers he was confident would do a good job. Herrmann's name leaped up from his email.
I've always admired his acting, and there is a little newspaperman in his lineage: He played William Randolph Hearst in Bogdanovich's "The Cat's Meow." If my voice is performed by the actor who played Hearst, doesn't that make me only two degrees of separation from Orson Welles?...
- 8/28/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Two films on release in the UK later this week, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the documentary Project Nim, demonstrate that fact is stranger – and sadder – than fiction
Project Nim in pictures
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which goes on general release in the UK from Thursday, is a prequel to the original film. Or perhaps it's a prequel to the prequel? At the film's climax there was clearly still more "evolution is revolution" to come from 20th Century Fox's simian uprising franchise.
The fictional life story of the chimp Caesar, played by Andy Serkis, is similar to the real-life story of a chimp called Nim who was born at the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates in Tuxedo, New York, raised by a human family and learned to communicate through sign language.
The fictional Caesar undergoes genetic modification and develops spoken language,...
Project Nim in pictures
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which goes on general release in the UK from Thursday, is a prequel to the original film. Or perhaps it's a prequel to the prequel? At the film's climax there was clearly still more "evolution is revolution" to come from 20th Century Fox's simian uprising franchise.
The fictional life story of the chimp Caesar, played by Andy Serkis, is similar to the real-life story of a chimp called Nim who was born at the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates in Tuxedo, New York, raised by a human family and learned to communicate through sign language.
The fictional Caesar undergoes genetic modification and develops spoken language,...
- 8/9/2011
- by Carole Jahme
- The Guardian - Film News
This is a golden age for film criticism. Never before have more critics written more or better words for more readers about more films. But already you are ahead of me, and know this is because of the internet.
Twenty years ago a good-sized city might have contained a dozen people making a living from writing about films, and for half of them the salary might have been adequate to raise a family. Today that city might contain hundreds, although (the Catch-22) not more than one or two are making a living.
Film criticism is still a profession, but it's no longer an occupation. You can't make any money at it. This provides an opportunity for those who care about movies and enjoy expressing themselves. Anyone with access to a computer need only to use free blogware and set up in business.
Countless others write long and often expert posts on such sites as IMDb,...
Twenty years ago a good-sized city might have contained a dozen people making a living from writing about films, and for half of them the salary might have been adequate to raise a family. Today that city might contain hundreds, although (the Catch-22) not more than one or two are making a living.
Film criticism is still a profession, but it's no longer an occupation. You can't make any money at it. This provides an opportunity for those who care about movies and enjoy expressing themselves. Anyone with access to a computer need only to use free blogware and set up in business.
Countless others write long and often expert posts on such sites as IMDb,...
- 5/8/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
April 24, 2008 -- On Wednesday morning I became seduced by the idea that I would, after all, somehow turn up at the festival. I would get there by ambulance, limo, MediVan, who knows what? But at the present I can't take a step with my fractured hip, so it would have taken two physical therapists to essentially haul me around. Thinking about it overnight, I decided it would be a great gesture to turn up and wave to my friends, but at what cost of pain and medical risk? The logistics just didn't add up. So while the festival unwinds in Urbana-Champaign, I will continue therapy at this end.
Chaz told me lots of people with experience of hip injuries advised her a six-hour round trip by whatever means would likely be very painful. (Flashback to old Trevor Howard story: "Right you are, old chap! Bloody difficult! Damned painful! No sense in my going!
Chaz told me lots of people with experience of hip injuries advised her a six-hour round trip by whatever means would likely be very painful. (Flashback to old Trevor Howard story: "Right you are, old chap! Bloody difficult! Damned painful! No sense in my going!
- 5/11/2008
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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