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Title: More witless Ukippery
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 16, 2016, 05:54:26 PM

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/ukip-councillor-attempts-to-blast-bbc-for-historical-inaccuracy-gets-destroyed-by-actual-historian--ZyZAasU2fb

Title: Re: More witless Ukippery
Post by: jeremyp on May 18, 2016, 01:25:01 AM

When I was at school I had to watch a film version of Othello with Orson Wells in the title role.

Title: Re: More witless Ukippery
Post by: Harrowby Hall on May 18, 2016, 07:14:18 AM

Quote from: jeremyp on May 18, 2016, 01:25:01 AM

When I was at school I had to watch a film version of Othello with Orson Wells in the title role.

And how did it compare with Laurence Olivier's version?

Title: Re: More witless Ukippery
Post by: Shaker on May 18, 2016, 07:28:36 AM

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on May 18, 2016, 07:14:18 AM

And how did it compare with Laurence Olivier's version?

... one review of said film being titled Hello Golly, apparently.

Title: Re: More witless Ukippery
Post by: jeremyp on May 18, 2016, 10:19:09 AM

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on May 18, 2016, 07:14:18 AM

And how did it compare with Laurence Olivier's version?

I think they used a better quality boot polish in the Wells version.

Title: Re: More witless Ukippery
Post by: jeremyp on May 18, 2016, 10:20:19 AM

Another shocker. Apparently, Derek Jacobi  once played Hamlet even though he is not Danish.

Title: Re: More witless Ukippery
Post by: Udayana on May 18, 2016, 11:00:36 AM

Wasn't he a god in I Claudius? It wasn't even in Latin!