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Post by everso on Nov 7, 2010 20:27:07 GMT
What's your opinion of Stephen Fry?
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Post by Weyland on Nov 7, 2010 21:11:16 GMT
What's your opinion of Stephen Fry? A fallen angel who should know better. Haven't voted -- no fitting choice.
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Post by aubrey on Nov 7, 2010 21:17:52 GMT
I like him. His short radio series of sketch shows (from about 1989) called Saturday Night Fry was one of the best things ever. It still stands up today, as the radio conventions he takes the piss out of haven't really changed.
He played a very good Jeeves, and some other good parts.
His novels, while not great, are well-written and satisfying, and also funny. He has a book of essays, called Paperweight, which is full of interest and good sense.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2010 21:27:37 GMT
I have voted, can you guess which one was mine yet? i like some of his earlier work.. Abit of Fry and Laurie was a great sketch show. He was good in BlackAdder ( althou ive only recently come round to being able to enjoy BlackAdder.. i was put off it horrifically at the time by my cousin Derek, who would repeat whole scenes of dialogue from the show verbatim, believing it to be amusing. it wasnt. why do people do that? see also Monty Python. Anyway, thats about all really. nowadays i find him a pompous buffoon, a twerp if you will, who believes his own hype. And he is on telly too much. And hes just kinda smarmy and gives me the creeps.
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Post by philippa on Nov 7, 2010 21:35:27 GMT
i like him. i liked his part in V for vendetta. i liked the tv series where he played a solicitor - also liked the part of his barmy sister.
mostly i admire him for bringing mental health out of the dark and giving us a much better understanding of it. a very good friend of mine is bi-polar and was virtually shunned by her family, for years. they had virtually no understanding of her situation despite the whole family being involved with mental health services during the times she was sectioned. it was only when he brought the issues into our living rooms that they made any effort to comprehend her situation from her point of view.
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Post by philippa on Nov 7, 2010 21:39:42 GMT
oh yes, black adder, i forgot he was in that.
i wasn't too keen on the brat pack : he emma thompson, keneth brannagh, hugh laurie, and possibly others i cant recall.
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Post by jean on Nov 7, 2010 21:40:48 GMT
What really annoys me about him is this. I don't expect everyone will understand.
There are people around - you meet them on messageboards sometimes - who really believe that exclusive homosexuality is pure prejudice, just as bad a racism, and that any man who doesn't have sex with women really, really hates them.
And it just isn't true.
And then along comes Fry with his hateful views about women and sex, and gives ammunition to these people.
(Haven't voted - can't decide what best encapsulates my view.)
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Post by trubble on Nov 7, 2010 21:49:41 GMT
I have voted for ''I like him - he's funny and clever'' because he is and I do. He's more than ok. But really I would have preferred a different option that said ''Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing''. who would repeat whole scenes of dialogue from the show verbatim, believing it to be amusing. ;D ;D I had friends - male ones* - who did that with Life of Brian. What have the romans ever done for us... welease woger... on and on, full scenes, until I hated that film with a religious zeal. * I think scene regurgitating must be a male obsession whereas women only ever do it to trap a man into a relationship.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2010 21:54:12 GMT
I have voted for ''I like him - he's funny and clever'' because he is and I do. He's more than ok. But really I would have preferred a different option that said ''Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing''. who would repeat whole scenes of dialogue from the show verbatim, believing it to be amusing. ;D ;D I had friends - male ones* - who did that with Life of Brian. What have the romans ever done for us... welease woger... on and on, full scenes, until I hated that film with a religious zeal. * I think scene regurgitating must be a male obsession whereas women only ever do it to trap a man into a relationship.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 7, 2010 22:02:17 GMT
my cousin Derek, who would repeat whole scenes of dialogue from the show verbatim, believing it to be amusing. it wasnt. why do people do that? Because it's a cunning plan which cannot fail, of course.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 7, 2010 22:09:22 GMT
oh yes, black adder, i forgot he was in that. i wasn't too keen on the brat pack : he emma thompson, keneth brannagh, hugh laurie, and possibly others i cant recall. That reminds me. I sat down yesterday evening as usual to watch my favourite TV programme, Wallander. Bloody BBC have put Branagh's plastic version on again instead of the matchless Swedish original. There's not even the slightest effort to pronounce even the name Wallander correctly. I turned the recorder off and went to bed early in a sulk. I didn't like Emma at one time, but I now think she's quite a talent.
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Post by riotgrrl on Nov 8, 2010 7:34:11 GMT
He's very English (Stephen Fry). I'm not sure I really get him. It's a cultural thing.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 8, 2010 10:24:03 GMT
I voted before reading Jean's #6. Just as well, perhaps, because I had no idea about that particular trait.
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Post by philippa on Nov 8, 2010 10:40:55 GMT
What really annoys me about him is this. I don't expect everyone will understand. There are people around - you meet them on messageboards sometimes - who really believe that exclusive homosexuality is pure prejudice, just as bad a racism, and that any man who doesn't have sex with women really, really hates them. And it just isn't true. surely the same could be argued about anyone who is exclusive about their choice. by the same token someone who is heterosexual is closed to experiencing same sex, so therefore they must hate gays? just turn it around and it seems daft.
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Post by philippa on Nov 8, 2010 10:53:10 GMT
That reminds me. I sat down yesterday evening as usual to watch my favourite TV programme, Wallander. Bloody BBC have put Branagh's plastic version on again instead of the matchless Swedish original. There's not even the slightest effort to pronounce even the name Wallander correctly. I turned the recorder off and went to bed early in a sulk. I didn't like Emma at one time, but I now think she's quite a talent. i agree, she is extremely talented. it was just something about that particular grouping of personalities that grated. i'm not familiar with Wallander, Weland -good is he? i quite like a quirky detective? if it's on freeview i may keep a look out?
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Post by jean on Nov 8, 2010 11:11:14 GMT
surely the same could be argued about anyone who is exclusive about their choice. by the same token someone who is heterosexual is closed to experiencing same sex, so therefore they must hate gays? just turn it around and it seems daft. It does. Though you have to substitute 'their own sex' for 'gays'. But you try telling that to the poster in question.
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Post by jean on Nov 8, 2010 11:13:58 GMT
mostly i admire him for bringing mental health out of the dark and giving us a much better understanding of it. This is true of course, and all credit to him for it.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 8, 2010 11:20:04 GMT
i'm not familiar with Wallander, Weland -good is he? i quite like a quirky detective? if it's on freeview i may keep a look out? It certainly is on Freeview -- BBC4, Saturdays 21:00. You've missed the original Swedish version, but it'll be back. You might like the Branagh Wallander, not having seen the real thing. I've read some of the books, and I reckon they skewed the character to suit Branagh. Still good, dark plots though. [Another reason I like it so much is that it's set in southern Sweden, Skåne, mostly in and around Ystad, which I know a little bit. I can shout "I've used that cash machine!", "That bar's not bad!", and stuff like that.]
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Post by everso on Nov 8, 2010 12:49:46 GMT
I like Emma Thompson. I think she's an excellent actress.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2010 13:03:31 GMT
Shes grown on me, she definetely improves with age. in both acting, and looks. i almost fancy her now. The Nanny McPhee films are brillyant.
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