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Post by petunia on Feb 13, 2013 1:40:14 GMT
I'm not sure if my previous post made it or not.... As I was saying, I simply adore the George/Julia scenes. There have been only a handful in the six seasons, but I enjoy every one of them. This latest one at the nudist colony was again very funny. I always thought that there should have been a scene in S5 where Julia challenges George on how he portrayed her in Curse of the Pharaoh. I am thinking of her opening scene where she leans on the door in that red dress. One would think Julia would have read George's book and would have had something to say about that. I imagined she must have hid that book from Darcy.....
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Post by petunia on Feb 13, 2013 1:56:24 GMT
Funny. I am watching a re-run of The Knockdown from S1 on CityTV as I wrote my comment above. Just after I hit return, there was the scene where William goes back to the hotel to challenge the desk clerk regarding if he was actually at his post the night the boxer was killed. William asks who rented the room and he is told by the clerk: Mrs. Smith.
William answers skeptically: "Mrs Smith?"
The clerk answers back: "We get a lot of Mrs Smith and Mr. Jones here. This is not the exactly the Queen's Hotel"
The Queen's hotel!!!! When Julia realizes that William is serious about checking in together at the hotel, her responds "The Queen's Hotel. Everyone will see us." Wow I think our writers made a reference back to S1 in this scene. The second reference to S1 so far this season; that I've noticed anyway.
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Post by hannikan on Feb 13, 2013 4:05:14 GMT
^ Yes, and I think in S1 the clerk was saying that they weren't a high end hotel, like the Queen's Hotel. They had a lot of common folk with names like Smith and Jones. I also took it to mean that they could have had a lot of people hiding their identities because they were carrying on secret affairs at the hotel, a lot of them using generic names. William and Julia did the opposite of using pseudonyms and going to a seedy hotel to be inconspicuous. They went a luxurious hotel and used their real names.
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Post by barbarama on Feb 14, 2013 4:25:06 GMT
You're thinking of a different person than I am, Barbara. And to my knowledge the person you're thinking of was not offended (and is American). Actually I wasn't this time, I saw other comments on the MM CBC FB official page from American people or Canadians that were offended; that is why I said that. One of the central themes of the show is that clash btwn William's conservative upbringing that has created his conservative beliefs and the more modern and scientific ethics of Julia (and other smaller characters). He is in constant struggle within himself over which morality fits him now and what he truly believes. And Julia is not an all-knowing goddess herself. She learns from William, too. The point is the characters develop over time, they are not static. I know that some people who were uncomfortable with the nudity were also uncomfortable with the homosexuality and abortion plots. MM hasn't ever shied away from controversial issues. Totally agree on that!!!! As for their night playing "dominoes" I wonder what will be the ramifications of their decision. |
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Post by hannikan on Feb 14, 2013 5:35:22 GMT
You're thinking of a different person than I am, Barbara. And to my knowledge the person you're thinking of was not offended (and is American). Actually I wasn't this time, I saw other comments on the MM CBC FB official page from American people or Canadians that were offended; that is why I said that. You mentioned not reading the posts of that person who was offended anymore, so I was pretty sure that was who you meant based on our previous conversation. The people I was thinking of who were put off by it have been from yet another board actually. I only mentioned it because of a previous poster saying Americans are more likely to be offended such things than Canadians. I haven't seen any Americans react negatively to the episode based on the nudity, only Canadians. But most Americans have not seen this far into the show yet, if they have seen it at all. It doesn't air in the U.S. except in a very few markets, as you know. Most who are watching it are on S3 or S4 right now because that is as far as is available on Netflix or Amazon streaming. |
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Post by lizmc on May 13, 2015 22:53:06 GMT
The CBC just replayed this episode and I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it. Emily's delight at finding tissue, George's explanation to Julia that he'd just been swimming in very cold water, William and Thomas' reaction to seeing Julia.....the humour and innuendo was delightful......
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 2:15:01 GMT
The CBC just replayed this episode and I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it. Emily's delight at finding tissue, George's explanation to Julia that he'd just been swimming in very cold water, William and Thomas' reaction to seeing Julia.....the humour and innuendo was delightful...... Yes the scene between George and Julia is priceless. I also love William's facial expressions when he first encounters all those beautiful "Naturist" women! I can just imagine how much fun that was to film. |
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Post by lea on Aug 30, 2015 3:01:20 GMT
Another episode! yay!
1. This episode cracks me up every time. Love it.
2. "They lift their skirts, George, above the knees!" "Bare legs? How many women exactly?" One of my favorite exchanges between Henry & George.
3. I love that George went by the name Henry Higgins in the nudist colony.
4. For once it wasn't George to come up with the modern use of one of William's inventions!
5. William seemed to take Julia running around naked quite well if you ask me.
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Post by snacky on Aug 30, 2015 4:19:10 GMT
5. William seemed to take Julia running around naked quite well if you ask me. That always amazed me. For William you could put it in the context of his response to Sally Pendrick (intrigued) - for him upper class women were engaging in avant-garde nudity, and it just increased his "respect" for them because they challenged conventions and embraced modernity and the world of ideas. I also theorized that as a Catholic "charity case" who went to a Jesuit school, he identifies with outsider who "should" be dependents, who are oppressed, but who prove themselves on merit. That said...Julia was nekkid in front of Inspector B and George. That seems to put things on a whole different level. I'd be interested in the fall out for that. It seems that post-Julia-marrying-someone-else, William concluded that it was safer not to argue with Julia on any point ever. One would think that some of her moves would challenge his manhood. Of course, Inspector B also did a sound-check on this later when Julia was running for office: at that point William decided his manhood couldn't be challenged as long as he was on the same page and supporting Julia in all her endeavors. So apparently he had made that decision before the Au Natural episode, so that he had decided his position was just to support/admire whatever amazing thing Julia was up to. |
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