tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post8053303007008809224..comments2024-02-16T08:06:02.281+00:00Comments on maytrees' musings: Billy Elliotmaytreeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718016285993243848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post-72206607845796884422009-06-15T20:10:11.253+01:002009-06-15T20:10:11.253+01:00Greetings Barnaby
Yes I saw the film too and enjo...Greetings Barnaby<br /><br />Yes I saw the film too and enjoyed that more <br />than the stage production.maytreeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718016285993243848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post-45807183117558920112009-06-14T13:45:40.852+01:002009-06-14T13:45:40.852+01:00Very interesting, Jerry.
I saw the film when it ca...Very interesting, Jerry.<br />I saw the film when it came out several years ago and quite enjoyed it, without going completely overboard.<br />I didn't experience the Thatcher years at first hand so it's difficult for me to pass judgement on that aspect of things, and as you say, that is not really the point. On the other hand, the film sounds very different from the stage production you are writing about. For one thing it was much shorter! And of course it was only incidentally a song and dance number.<br />I share your misgivings about productions built almost exclusively around children: there's only so much I can take! I can't help wondering, too, what effect this exposure to the limelight at such an early age has on their later development. But perhaps that's just me.<br />Still, you certainly seem to have had a jolly birthday season!The Subliminal Mr Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026560115807068974noreply@blogger.com