Re: the Country Park vs Gosford Park

On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:19:31 +0100, Kim Andrews a gribouillé dans la
poussière...

On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:14:12 +0100, Penny <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


No, no, Miss Marple (for me) will always be Margaret Rutherford (but I

Urk! I thought she was dreadful. Quite entertaining if you want to
watch a comedy, but absolutely not anything like Miss Marple, who is a
dainty little wisp of an old-fashioned miss. While Miss Marple like to
potter about in her garden in a rather genteel fashion, I always
pictured Margaret Rutherford standing in front of the roses belowing
"COME ON YOU SLACKERS, BALLY-WELL GET GROWING!!"

haven't seen Miss McKewan in the role).

Possibly enjoyable if you're not a Marple purist!

Ah, I'm not any kind of Agatha Christie purist since I have only ever
attempted to read one of her books (don't ask me which) and failed.
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