What to say if you liked it
An insight into what goes into making a West End musical (tea, flattery, camp men shouting things)
What to say if you liked it
An overlong advert for an overlong musical
What was good about it?
• Victoria Wood’s twee narration, as if she was showing her Super-8s of a weekend in Bognor to the WI
• The clips from the original Acorn Antiques sketches: Mr Clifford’s distinctive horn, rubbish camera angles, Mrs Overall’s tray etc
• Victoria Wood not suffering press fools gladly
• Sally Ann Triplett from Eurovision legends Bardo
• Julie Walters perspiring while Victoria Wood was busy being precious
• Celia Imrie being lustful
• Victoria Wood’s writing. You’ve got to admire someone who rhymes avocado with Brigitte Bardot, anaesthetic with apologetic, climax and Imax. Pity she can’t sing or act.
• Victoria’s comment on Haley O’Neil who has her own role in the show and is also understudy for six characters. “I think she also has a paper round and works in a charity shop.”
• The sight of Jeanette Krankie looking fit again after her tragic panto beanstalk disaster
What was bad about it?
• Too many shots of luvvies drinking tea and kissing (“Julie’s been kissing for nearly five hours now.”),
• Too much pseudo babble eg “She brings hundreds and hundreds of rainbows to what she’s doing,” said Victoria of Julie.
• Neil Morrissey. He admitted: “I can’t sing and I can’t dance.” He can shag the wives of TV quiz shows, though.
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