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Post by LaraQ on Mar 17, 2022 17:54:17 GMT
This looks really good.Great cast too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 18:27:27 GMT
I will definitely be watching!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2022 20:48:08 GMT
This premieres on Friday (April 15th)! Really looking forward to it - Sienna Miller did a fun survey with Air Mail in anticipation of the miniseries' release: "AIRLINE: The Singapore Airlines suite was about as decadent as it’s been. Certainly the last time I actually didn’t want to get off the plane.
AIRPORT: They have good Tex-Mex in Houston.
ALIBI: “I was with Tori!”
APP: Shazam.
BEDTIME: Well, Hemingway once said, “We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together, with the windows open and the stars bright.” That sounds pretty perfect to me.
BIKE: Steve McQueen’s from The Great Escape.
BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND: Is there such a thing?
BREAKFAST, WEEKDAY: A six-minute egg and Marmite or Bovril soldiers. Americans, feel free to google.
BREAKFAST, WEEKEND: Some extremely strong coffee, grapefruit juice, and steamed eggs with prosciutto and Parmesan at Buvette, in New York.
CAR: A 250 GT California Spyder.
CHILD: Marlowe Ottoline Layng Sturridge.
COCKTAIL: A very, very dirty martini.
COCKTAIL APPETIZER: I’ve always been partial to a cocktail sausage.
COUPLE: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.
DATE: Anywhere in Rome. Pasta and wine and walking and talking.
DIET: Something that allows pasta every day.
DINNER, WEEKDAY: Spaghetti Bolognese.
DINNER, WEEKEND: Indian food from Tamarind, on the sofa.
DRESS: I wore a powder-blue Gucci dress in Cannes. It had a leather bodice that almost looked like a ballerina outfit. My idea of heaven.
DRIVE: Naples to Positano.
ENEMY: Someone funny and clever whom I secretly respect.
ESCAPE: A great book.
FIRST COUPLE: Michelle and Barack.
FIT: John Galliano bias-cut dresses for Dior, from the 90s.
FLAW: I know people criticize the English for their bad teeth—I’ve always found an imperfect set rather attractive.
FRIEND: Someone who doesn’t indulge in misery, and who makes you pee your pants laughing.
HIDEAWAY: I bought a 16th-century thatched cottage when I was in my twenties. It’s like a little hobbit house where my friends and I, and then our children, sort of grew up.
HOTEL: Le Sirenuse, in Positano.
JACKET: A Gucci jacket in blue, red, and green leather. That always puts me in a good mood.
LUNCH, WEEKDAY: Steak and chips from Balthazar.
LUNCH, WEEKEND: A roast chicken with all the trimmings.
MATCH: Federer/Nadal.
MOVIE: True Romance.
NAME: I think there is an Italian count called Count Francesco de Siena. Maybe I should marry him?
NEIGHBOR: A generous baker and his vintner wife. Hopefully with children my daughter’s age.
NONFICTION BOOK: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People, by P. J. O’ Rourke.
NOVEL: One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez.
PANTS: Where I come from, that’s a rather inappropriate question, but since you asked, La Perla.
PET: Walter the miniature wirehaired dachshund.
PIECE OF ADVICE: “What goes up must come down.”
PODCAST: Desert Island Discs.
PRESIDENT: Zelensky.
QUOTE: James Wright said something which I feel is so truthful and soothing, and has got me out of many a bind. “I’ve never said life is meaningless, I’ve said it is tragic. I think it is intensely precious. God, sometimes I think I’m so happy I don’t know what to do with me. But it hurts like hell.”
RESTAURANT: Lo Scoglio in Nerano, Italy.
SHOES: Anything with shearling hidden inside.
SINGER: Etta James.
STORM: Monsoon rain in the tropics.
TELEVISION SERIES: The original Brideshead Revisited.
THEME SONG TO YOUR LIFE: “Is That All There Is?,” by Peggy Lee.
TIME OF DAY: Dinnertime.
TOAST: “To lying, stealing, and cheating. If you are going to lie, lie to save a friend. If you are going to cheat, cheat death. If you are going to steal, steal the heart of someone you love.”
VACATION: An Aman resort anywhere in the world. (She says, hoping they read this and act accordingly.)
VIEW: My baby when she’s sleeping.
WAKE-UP TIME: Eight hours after bedtime.
WORK OF ART: Anything by Turner."
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Post by Barbie on Apr 17, 2022 7:30:02 GMT
Not a fan of the editing and directing on this show. It’s very Adam McKay-ish, and I can’t stand his style. It’s also melodramatic and not in a good way
What it does get right is the complexities of gray areas such as this case where the act of sexual intercourse is not in dispute, consent is. And consent that existed in the beginning but didn’t after, when does it become assault or rape? I also like that it’s looking at the power imbalance argument and examining the nuances of it. Like how does that work when the subordinate likes you and even initiates it (in the case of Woodcroft’s character)?
I appreciate that the show manages to challenge the rigid and SJW elements of MeToo in a thoughtful way and is respectful of the victim
I just wish the execution of such an interesting topic was better
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LaraQ
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Post by LaraQ on Apr 17, 2022 14:33:59 GMT
I'm 3 episodes in and apart from that bizarre ending to the first episode,I'm liking this.It's not a "good" show exactly,just an entertaining one,classy trash.Sienna and Rupert are both really solid in it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2022 19:46:30 GMT
This was very well-acted, completely addictive trash. The writing is utterly horrendous - I literally laughed out loud at the "twist." But what can I say... I was completely hooked. The performances are all so compelling. I really loved Sienna Miller's look for this show - her London flat is complete real estate porn, too.
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Post by Pavan on May 11, 2022 18:44:51 GMT
I only watched this for Naomi Scott and she wasn't in it much. Why was she not present in the scene where the verdict is about to come or even after that? Started as one thing and ended up very differently. Interesting premise but lackluster in its presentation. Cast did the heavy lifting and the production values are good.
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