Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Miss Marple
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Realizing as I do that Miss Marple adventures can be awfully precious, nonetheless I often like them, particularly second and third times as sort of background noise when I can notice details about scenery and/or actors. I am not a fan of Joan Hickson's characterization as she is much too gray, in all the possible interpretations of that word. I do like Geraldine McEwan's portrayal, however. She conveys a sense of humor in the role, suggesting that the character, not the actress, knows that people's first reaction to her is that she must be a silly old lady - and letting the people - the characters, not the actors and not the audience - come to understand and appreciate her as time goes on. In particular, the later episodes with McEwan were interesting and fun to watch. McEwan is the voice of Miss Thripp in several Wallace and Gromit films, too, by the way.
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