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« on: December 08, 2011, 05:14:41 PM »
Exactly, Cathy. I thought that tone and temper had a lot to do with what Helena said, and one always has to take into account the classic British tradition of "taking the piss" (making sarcastic fun even of one's nearest and dearest), of which she is clearly a mistress.
If you listen to both interviews, she is really saying that the new movie is extraordinary, even by Tim Burton's standards. She said it is very subtle. I remember in an interview before the filming started she commented on how unusual it was going to be because the focus was overwhelmingly going to be on interactions between actors, as opposed to big box FX sequences.
In her own mind she may have been saying that DS was a "so bad it's good" cult classic. As MB and others have commented, we're used to hearing this from others, including the stars of the original series.
I remember at a Brooklyn festival a few years ago, there was a moment where Selby and Karlen sat while a clip sequence played of their scenes together on the series (mostly Desmond and Quentin from 1840). I remember Selby saying something like "that dialogue! Sam Hall, you have a lot to answer for!" But then subsequently he stated: "I'm really amazed at how good this is." It was his first time seeing the show, apparently, in many years.
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