{"id":2365,"date":"2011-07-21T19:47:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dickonedwards.co.uk\/diary\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2011-07-21T19:53:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:53:15","slug":"part-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/archive\/part-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Part Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m currently kitten-sitting in Golders Green, on and off for the next couple of weeks while the owners are abroad. Here’s a photo of the feline in question. Breed: Birman. Name: Piccadilly. Born in March.<\/p>\n

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In the hope of teaching him autonomous amusement, I’ve set him up with a couple of cardboard boxes from the local supermarket. But his favourite toy seems to be me. He has yet to learn that my trousers are not built for his teeth & claws. The owners have given me a water spray with which to teach him such boundaries, but it seems to have little effect. Either he’s one of those cats who like water, or he’s a bit of a masochist when it comes to suit-trouser love. ‘Yea, though the water jets may come, I will battle on to embrace my true beloved, The Trousers.’<\/p>\n

I’ve been meaning to upload photos of myself from a session by Kim Cunningham. Here’s one. Taken May 2011 in Pond Square, Highgate:<\/p>\n

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Photographer credit: Kim Cunningham.<\/em> www.kimcunningham.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

This week: to the Everyman Baker Street cinema\u00c2\u00a0to see\u00c2\u00a0Bridesmaids. <\/em>Produced by Judd Apatow, written by its star Kristen Wiig, and touted in the press as a rare mainstream comedy ‘chick flick’ that appeals to both genders. Which essentially means there’s a lot of broad slapstick and bad taste humour. Like Mr Apatow’s Knocked Up, <\/em>however, it suffers from an\u00c2\u00a0unwieldy\u00c2\u00a0duration and\u00c2\u00a0insistence\u00c2\u00a0on pushing the jokes aside to end with some very traditional Hollywood moralising. I really wanted the touch of unpredictable anarchy of, say, Muriel’s Wedding<\/em> or Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion.<\/em> Still, the jokes are good enough, particularly the scenes of one-upmanship\u00c2\u00a0by Ms Wiig and her more glamourous, richer rival.<\/p>\n

A matinee screening, with about ten people in the audience. Normally this would be quite a nice way to see a film – on the big screen in a proper cinema, with as few other people as possible to risk distractions. In fact, Bridesmaids<\/em> is one of those films that does<\/em> need a packed room of people. Otherwise one risks what happened with me – laughing aloud by myself in a room of strangers. For comedy films, one needs to laugh along<\/em> with others.<\/p>\n

For this reason, I rarely go to live comedy shows by myself. Stage & cinema comedy is unfinished without a crowd of friends and partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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