Oscar Isaac’s Hamlet left me cold. Give me 10 Things I Hate About You any dayA couple of weeks back, I went with a friend to see Oscar Isaac in Hamlet. I’d acquired Public Theater member…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMI think about all Garofalo’s combined experience on screen and stage, and smile at how lucky I am to have seen her in the fleshOne of my favourite romantic comedies was released all the wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AMSure, she has screen presence, but it’s her voice that is truly arrestingContrary to the bombastic voiceover at the start of reality TV music competitions, we know that finding that one-in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMI will never not laugh at his bit on chicken and racismBack when easy streaming was a twinkle in some young executive’s eye, some TV was just… unavailable. If you were desperate to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMHer voice is the happiest sound you’ll ever hear, like the best of summer holidaysI’m a screen addict, so a fair chunk of my childhood memories are intimately tied up in film. Around the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMHer jokes can be uncomfortable, but then they come from uncomfortable situations Do you remember that TV channel, Trouble? In the late 90s/early 00s, it was a colourful graveyard for Am…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMHe’s a New Yorker, born to Puerto Rican parents, and a hip-hop head – not the usual ingredients that make up Broadway composersMy greatest regret of 2016 was a self-inflicted error of ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMCoel is fearless. No joke is too risque, no comedic situation too outrageous to explore in pursuit of the funny Generally speaking, I love being surprised. It’s an increasingly hard t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM‘Lenny Henry feels as familiar to me as a family friend – the magnanimous uncle who has always been there’There are some people who live forever bathed in the golden glow of collective…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AMThe comedian hits all the right buttons, which is why she makes us laugh and cry in equal measureLast week I was doing the dishes while watching Tig, a new Netflix documentary about comedian…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02AM‘How do you explain someone who has been consistently hilarious for more than 50 years?’ Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMHe is blessed with an incisive wit, especially when skewering America as it intersects with race, men, women and culture Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMWhat could a 19th-century Swedish play have to say about 21st-century South Africa? Plenty, says Yael Farber, whose hit adaptation of Miss Julie is about to open in LondonYael Farber has jus…
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