Quentin Letts

DTR · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:04 pm

I think he may be referring to this

Anyone else find that to be almost unreadable?

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:10 pm

Press Awards Critic of the Year 2010...

SoulBoy · **Joined:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:42 pm **Posts:** 1622

I saw Matilda a couple of weeks ago and was struck by the clever book, great performance by trunchbull and the young cast - three generations were entertained.

I am on my phone so can't quote but read the last few paragraphs of this review to see a textbook example of turning an innocent story into a political swipe

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/re ... ds-newsxml

Fozzy · **Posted:** Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:43 am

What a pratt. I hope Dahl comes out and haunts him.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:56 am

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But let us just pose this caveat about the politics in Matilda.

Is there not something to be said for Miss Trunchbull’s belief in discipline?

I bet her school would turn out more successful pupils than the spongy-brained loafers who have been minted by the liberal teaching establishment and its factories of bog-standardism.

He gives the rancid turds of a diseased pig a run for their money.

satnav · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:16 pm

How Lenny had the last laugh over the snooty luvvies: The great British comic triumphs in one of Shakespeare's toughest roles

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... z1fg4BM0iA

There was me thinking that Quentin was a 'snooty luvvie.'

AOB · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:21 pm

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Everyone knows how funny Henry is on the small screen....

If Quentin's reviews ever meant anything they aren't now.

shyamz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:47 pm

Henry is one of that very generation of comics who the likes of the mail's columnists think ruined comedy - that early eighties "alternative" generation (and yes, I know he actualy got his break doing voices on talent shows and so on, but this means nothing to them). And as if Letts and the like aren't snobbish themselves! I mean what the hell?!

I refuse to believe he's that thrilled at a working class guy from Dudley making an impact on serious theatre, based on his usual attitude.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:18 am

Though ostensibly positive, I found the entire tone of Letts' "review" here rather offensive. By focusing intensively, indeed solely, on Henry's performance he has succeeded in insulting the rest of the NT company, and in patronising Henry in a quite disgusting way. I imagine that Len will be fucking disgusted if he reads this piece. If he's not, he bloody should be.

That Lenny Henry is so good in Shakespearean drama is of note, but it's not remarkable, and certainly isn't without precedent in terms of comics - from Max Wall to Ronnie Barker - comfortably compiling outstanding success in serious drama. My racism antennae may be becoming over-sensitive, but there is an unspoken sense in this piece that Len's success is all the more remarkable because he is one of those black chappies.

Simply compare a proper critic's review of the same production:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/nov/30/comedy-of-errors-theatre-review

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2827

Orgy etiquette? Hyacinth Bucket would approve!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1fkHHOEFB

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Four rich swordsmen yesterday visited Parliament to complain about the naked nerve of the media. All were cross that their sexual/marital misadventures had been paddled in and peddled by the jaunty British Press. Such was their displeasure that they demanded a privacy law.
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So why the need for a law on privacy which would probably help chiefly lawyers, sado-masochist freaks, libidinous actors and passing totalitarians?

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:49 pm

He's on the TV now claiming some expertise on the Royal Family, Mrs Thatcher and Balmoral. He even knows what Mrs Thatcher gave the Queen for Christmas. And he's got a picture of Cherie Blair yawning. Because she was from Metropolitan Islington.

I bet this social climbers never been anyway near the place.

satnav · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:44 pm

How can Hugh Grant have committed adultery if he has never been married?

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:31 pm

Letts couldn't spell 'fornication'.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:35 am

He's doing 'the papers' on Sky News. He's being a patronising twat. Funny that.

shyamz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:35 am

Messianic Trees wrote:

Orgy etiquette? Hyacinth Bucket would approve!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1fkHHOEFB

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Four rich swordsmen yesterday visited Parliament to complain about the naked nerve of the media. All were cross that their sexual/marital misadventures had been paddled in and peddled by the jaunty British Press. Such was their displeasure that they demanded a privacy law.
....
So why the need for a law on privacy which would probably help chiefly lawyers, sado-masochist freaks, libidinous actors and passing totalitarians?

Sado-masochist freaks?

I know it's been said before but it's worth repeating - what a person gets up to in their private life (unless they are causing harm to a non-consenting person or abusing a vunerable person who cannot protect themselves) is of absolutely no concern of ours, OR the bloody journalists. And even if they were doing something illiegal, it would be a matter for the police to deal with and not us or some trumped up little arrogant scribe. So why not pass a law that says you cannot talk about these private things in print?

Acting as if a person's sexual activities has any bearing on their work or has any affect on the lives of countless people they've never met, makes about as much sense as saying that their choice of cereal or the colour of their socks effects how they do their job, or could cause harm to the nation.

There are quite a few people working in the news media right now who need to get over their damn selves.

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