tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post3589358063973225362..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: BitchBuzz: Made (Over) in Dagenham & NewsK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-6295886490927005372011-01-27T17:33:57.652-05:002011-01-27T17:33:57.652-05:00Yeah, I have callously referred to TKS as a glossy...Yeah, I have callously referred to TKS as a glossy movie-of-the-week. It is. Then again, I refer to CRASH as the after-school special.<br /><br />But as to Patti's question, why the appeal? Prestige, I guess, without the cost of actually having a monarchy -- and some lingering chip-on-the-shoulder fear about measuring up to an illustrious forebear.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-30064175591208344912011-01-27T17:05:05.544-05:002011-01-27T17:05:05.544-05:00What do you mean "we," Kemosabe? The ki...What do you mean "we," Kemosabe? The kind of shallow people who watch TODAY might be swept up, but they also actually read supermarket tabloids. <br /><br />Meanwhile, THE KING'S SPEECH is the kind of facile Brit problem movie that will get nominated for (and usually not win) big American awards (since those awards are for things that make lots of money for US interests, or stroke those folks in a particular way, like CRASH or THE HURT LOCKER). Shall have to zip over and look at the DAGENHAM column, since the weather has kept me offline for a Whole Day.5...the horror. If it played the Ritz in Philly or the Phoenixville theater, I missed it.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-9541859964688159492011-01-27T13:26:21.663-05:002011-01-27T13:26:21.663-05:00I don't get it. It seems antithetical to every...I don't get it. It seems antithetical to everything "American" but perhaps that's the point?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-54362272087136073022011-01-27T13:16:03.254-05:002011-01-27T13:16:03.254-05:00When will our adoration of British royalty cease?When will our adoration of British royalty cease?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com