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Emma Cowing - Reality check for Spacey as Maria shatters vision of UK



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POOR old Kevin Spacey. Turning his back on the glamorous world of Hollywood to take up a job in London as artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, he must have imagined he was headed towards a land of creative freedom. A place where, come Saturday night, he could pull on his favourite Aran jumper and sit around with a half-pint of Old Speckled Pallbearer discussing the symbiosis of Thomas Hardy's narrative voice within the context of Edward Albee's Seascape. Not likely. On Saturday even
Norton, of course, is only doing his job. He is the presenter of I'd Do Anything, the depressingly accurately named 13-week Saturday night reality TV programme which purports to be the only way Andrew Lloyd Webber can hire the leads for his next West...



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  • Last Updated: 01 April 2008 8:47 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Emma Cowing
 
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Jwil,

02/04/2008 22:25:10
"Spacey, of course, is annoyed because he thinks we should be running Saturday night reality TV shows about plays. Clearly, he still has a fair bit to learn about this country."

How do you know? Perhaps he thinks that nobody should be getting the publicity on BBC. It does not have a remit be advertising commercial companies.

These two shows have been pretty unfair to people coming up through the music and drama colleges, denying them an opportunity to audit for these shows.
and pretty unfair to the viewers when they pit amateurs against professional performers.


 

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