Tyrannosaurus Dan
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Just watched this weeks Gogglebox. Great TV. The posh, drunk couple are amazing.
Just watched an episode of Modern Life is Goodish, presented by Dave Gorman on Dave
Enjoyed that hour of TV
I've enjoyed Dave Gorman in the past, but found myself getting bored halfway through the first episode. I've taken it off series link.Just watched an episode of Modern Life is Goodish, presented by Dave Gorman on Dave
Enjoyed that hour of TV
Dear Mister Cranston. I wanted to write you this email - so I am contacting you through Jeremy Barber - I take it we are both represented by UTA. Great agency.
I've just finished a marathon of watching "BREAKING BAD" - from episode one of the First Season - to the last eight episodes of the Sixth Season. (I downloaded the last season on AMAZON) A total of two weeks (addictive) viewing.
I have never watched anything like it. Brilliant!
Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen - ever.
I know there is so much smoke blowing and sickening ******** in this business, and I've sort of lost belief in anything really.
But this work of yours is spectacular - absolutely stunning. What is extraordinary, is the sheer power of everyone in the entire production. What was it? Five or six years in the making? How the producers (yourself being one of them), the writers, directors, cinematographers.... every department - casting etc. managed to keep the discipline and control from beginning to the end is (that over used word) awesome.
From what started as a black comedy, descended into a labyrinth of blood, destruction and hell. It was like a great Jacobean, Shakespearian or Greek Tragedy.
If you ever get a chance to - would you pass on my admiration to everyone - Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, R.J. Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Steven Michael Quezada - everyone - everyone gave master classes of performance ... The list is endless.
Thank you. That kind of work/artistry is rare, and when, once in a while, it occurs, as in this epic work, it restores confidence.
You and all the cast are the best actors I've ever seen. That may sound like a good lung full of smoke blowing. But it is not. It's almost midnight out here in Malibu, and I felt compelled to write this email.
Congratulations and my deepest respect. You are truly a great, great actor.
Best regards
Tony Hopkins."
I enjoyed Educating Yorkshire last night. The boy with the stammer was very moving. I know it's all cleverly edited to make these stories emotional, but that's true of all TV.
There's an article by Musharaf in today's Guardian - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/24/educating-yorkshire-channel-4-stammer
Great stuff. What a fantastically mature young man he is - when you compare him to some of the other kids in the series (some of whom knuckled down and did themselves proud eventually), it's unbelievable really.