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Saturday, August 5, 2017

Shakespeareâ€™s not really my bag - but I love an adaptation by Bim Adewunmi

Oscar Isaacâ€™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. Iâ€™d acquired Public Thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Janeane Garofalo is a tiny thing, but the air around her crackles by Bim Adewunmi

I think about all Garofaloâ€™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 t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AM

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Why I loveâ€¦ Amber Riley by Bim Adewunmi

Sure, she has screen presence, but itâ€™s her voice that is truly arrestingContrary to the bombastic voiceover at the start of reality TV music competitions, we know that finding that o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AM

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Why I loveâ€¦ Dave Chappelle by Bim Adewunmi

I will never not laugh at his bit on chicken and racismBack when easy streaming was a twinkle in some young executiveâ€™s eye, some TV was justâ€¦ unavailable. If you were desp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Why I loveâ€¦ Julie Andrews by Bim Adewunmi

Her voice is the happiest sound youâ€™ll ever hear, like the best of summer holidaysIâ€™m a screen addict, so a fair chunk of my childhood memories are intimately tied up in film. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AM

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Why I loveâ€¦ comedian and actor Moâ€™Nique by Bim Adewunmi

Her 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 02:12AM

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'The man is a genius â€“ and that's a fact' by Bim Adewunmi

Heâ€™s a New Yorker, born to Puerto Rican parents, and a hip-hop head â€“ not the usual ingredients that make up Broadway composersMy greatest regret of 2016 was a self-inflicted e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Why I loveâ€¦ Michaela Coel by Bim Adewunmi

Coel 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. Itâ€™s an increasingly hard&n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Crush of the week: Lenny Henry by Bim Adewunmi

â€˜Lenny Henry feels as familiar to me as a family friend â€“ the magnanimous uncle who has always been thereâ€™There are some people who live forever bathed in the golden glow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AM

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Crush of the week: Tig Notaro by Bim Adewunmi

The 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

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Crush of the week: Lily Tomlin by Bim Adewunmi

â€˜How do you explain someone who has been consistently hilarious for more than 50 years?â€™ Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Crush of the week: Chris Rock by Bim Adewunmi

He 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 01:00AM

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Mies Julie in London: 'Apartheid was an insane experiment' by Bim Adewunmi

What 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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM

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