My dad's family is from County Cork and I'm planning to track my tree down properly later this year. I would bet big money that we've got old IRA links, especially around the 1920s and just before.Found it. Must be quite chilling to look upon the face of the man who killed your grandfather......and the emotion you can feel emanating from Brendan.
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Bearing in mind that I enjoyed Miranda (so take this with a pinch of salt) I HATED Fleabag. I honestly didnāt understand how or why everyone was raving about it. āHot Priestā was, at best lukewarm and I find the actors eyebrows really distracting. He looks like heās shaved them off and redrawn them.Hey! I know this is completely off topic, but Iām trying to watch Fleabag for the first time and really struggling?
I wasnāt expecting to, I just canāt connect to the characters. Like the main character Fleabag is maybe too upperclass London for me to be able to relate to, but she really fucked over her friend Boo! Itās really not her fault that Boo took her life, but she slept with a guy Boo was clearly not over and was sad about.
Thatās awful! And she should feel bad for it. Itās a horrible thing to do.
So far I just feel like itās someone trying to justify being a horrible person? Does it get better?
Also, I know this is me being picky, but you could run the biggest shithole in the world with a hygiene rating of -3 in London and still get a high footfall. The idea that her cafe has no one in it all the time is stupid.
The āsexy priestā has been introduced and I like him a lot, but so far heās just been drunk and upset
Having said that, I watched a tv series yonks ago that I think was written by and starred PWB, where it was a group of 20 somethings squatting in a hospital and I did find that enjoyable (also starred the guy from s2 of Bridgerton). There wasnāt a single likeable character in it, but it did have some lol moments.
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I think that TV show is called āCrashingā. I watched it a few years back and enjoyed it too. I found the character of Colin to be quite endearing while bringing the most lols.
I recently rewatched S2 of Fleabag because I wanted an Andrew Scott fix. (His eyebrows are much better now compared to his Moriarty days btw).
Iām always dubious of anything that is over hyped (this is why I havenāt read any Sally Rooney š« ) and Iām from a working class background, so Fleabag shouldnāt really speak to me. And yet, I enjoyed it, mostly because of her r/ship with her sister and her dad. Still hate what she did to Boo.
I am firmly of the opinion that men - including men 40+ - can wear pink.
Gary Barlow is not one of those men.
I hated Fleabag too. PWB's character came over as smug to me. The breaking the fourth wall thing was just massively irritating.
On a tangent has anyone seen 'Ripley' on Netflix with Andrew Scott as Ripley? Based on The Talented Mr Ripley. He's good but too old for the role imo. And as for the casting of Eliot Sumner (Sting's non binary child) as Freddie Miles. Utterly baffling. They are beyond wooden compared to Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the 1999 film.
On a tangent has anyone seen 'Ripley' on Netflix with Andrew Scott as Ripley? Based on The Talented Mr Ripley. He's good but too old for the role imo. And as for the casting of Eliot Sumner (Sting's non binary child) as Freddie Miles. Utterly baffling. They are beyond wooden compared to Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the 1999 film.
From a comedy perspective, there are some good bits. And PWB has star quality. I agree on the cafe scenes being a weak link - IIRC there's a running gag about their sandwiches costing Ā£20 which is a bit clunky.Hey! I know this is completely off topic, but Iām trying to watch Fleabag for the first time and really struggling?
I wasnāt expecting to, I just canāt connect to the characters. Like the main character Fleabag is maybe too upperclass London for me to be able to relate to, but she really fucked over her friend Boo! Itās really not her fault that Boo took her life, but she slept with a guy Boo was clearly not over and was sad about.
Thatās awful! And she should feel bad for it. Itās a horrible thing to do.
So far I just feel like itās someone trying to justify being a horrible person? Does it get better?
Also, I know this is me being picky, but you could run the biggest shithole in the world with a hygiene rating of -3 in London and still get a high footfall. The idea that her cafe has no one in it all the time is stupid.
The āsexy priestā has been introduced and I like him a lot, but so far heās just been drunk and upset
I couldn't get on board with the priest storyline - it would be more realistic if she'd got off with that bank manager!
But the best character in the show is the sister
Nobody was ever going to top PSH, so I wonder if they went for the controversy instead. Started watching the new one but it didnāt grab me so I just rewatched the film instead
So, so fed up of nepo babies at this point. Kaia Gerber is in a new series on Apple with Kristin Wiig and sheās embarrassingly awful.
I think Billie Piper is an okayish actress, she has the Dr Who halo and the whole diary of callgirl smut thing that has helped her along the years. She isnāt brilliant though. I suspect it wasnāt a stretch to play Suzie in that show she did. She does come across as very much living the sex/drugs/rocknroll lifestyle though.
Eliot also had a small role in The Gentlemen and was also very wooden in that too.
I watched the film again after tooNobody was ever going to top PSH, so I wonder if they went for the controversy instead. Started watching the new one but it didnāt grab me so I just rewatched the film instead
So, so fed up of nepo babies at this point. Kaia Gerber is in a new series on Apple with Kristin Wiig and sheās embarrassingly awful.
Jude Law, Matt Damon and Phillip Seymour Hoffman were so spot on. And Gwyneth Paltrow is not the Marge from the book but still good.
God, I hated fleabag. Total Emperorās new clothes.
Upper middle-class woman wafts about being a bit sad with little to no demands from life placed upon her. Imagine anyone else getting that green-lit.
Upper middle-class woman wafts about being a bit sad with little to no demands from life placed upon her. Imagine anyone else getting that green-lit.
Watched 2 episodes so far, I love Andrew Scott but he seems a bit too old in this? The Freddie character baffled me because it was clear to anyone with eyes that despite playing a male character they looked very much like a female playing a male. They also canāt act for toffee so that doesnāt help.
At first I didn't even realise that was Gary Barlow until I zoomed in on the photo...he looks very odd.
Howard looked so over it on Saturday night. I was firmly a Mark fan as a girl, but Howard is so hot now and I couldnāt fancy Mark less. He definitely looked much healthier and more attractive on Sat nightā¦ I need the number of his surgeon or whoever worked their magic on him
I always thought Fleabag was a kind of dirty Miranda. Bear with- main protagonist based in their own (not very busy ever) shop/cafe. Slightly messed up family life. Awful mother/stepmother. Talking to camera etc. having said that dirty Miranda was totally my bag, so I loved it!
Mark Owen declared himself a sex addict didn't he? he definitely has the air of someone who has been at it like a mongrel on heat for 30 years and now he's just done in.
He's doing miles better than he was before at least, he was a bit of a joke before Mrs BBs sorta veering into Brendan O'Connor, Jim Davisons territory with his 'stand up'.
he's a grafter for sure, come a long way from being not the funniest in his circle of friends
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Sally rooney is good, don't read Collen Hoover, bag of romanticised DV, hated it
I quite liked Eliot's music when they were going under Coco Sumner/I Blame Coco but I suspect that career was somewhat derailed by shagging Mark Ronson's wife, since her/their main producer was Mark's best friend Andrew Wyatt.
Talk about shitting on your own doorstep!
If his tweets the other week are to be believed he pays her quite a substantial amount in child support to be able to see the kids. If she thought he was that harmful then clearly just say no! Heās a massive twit but surely they could agree supervised visits or something.
He pays her a contribution towards the upbringing of his children (the sum would be according to his salary) not a payment to be able to see them.
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