Comments on: The elephant in the room (or what’s wrong with theatre reviews part one) http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/02/14/the-elephant-in-the-room-or-whats-wrong-with-theatre-reviews-part-i/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Groundskeeper Willie http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/02/14/the-elephant-in-the-room-or-whats-wrong-with-theatre-reviews-part-i/#comment-3592 Groundskeeper Willie Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:23:21 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/02/14/the-elephant-in-the-room-or-whats-wrong-with-theatre-reviews-part-i/#comment-3592 At least one other pair of beady eyes have noted this in blogland (in still more evocative terms than your own): "Jane Horrocks and David Bamber were good too, although there was a bit of a Groundskeeper Willie moment which took the entire audience aback when Bamber removed his shirt to reveal a hugely inappropriate set of defined muscles. He’s not just toned: he has one of those Charles Atlas physiques with more sticky out veins than Andrew has crows’ feet. According to some in the entourage, the word to describe such definition is “ripped”, though moving in theatrical circles as they do, this is a word only familiar to Whingers when used as a prefix to “off” and usually during a row about theatre programmes." http://westendwhingers.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/review-absurd-person-singular-garrick-theatre/ At least one other pair of beady eyes have noted this in blogland (in still more evocative terms than your own):

“Jane Horrocks and David Bamber were good too, although there was a bit of a Groundskeeper Willie moment which took the entire audience aback when Bamber removed his shirt to reveal a hugely inappropriate set of defined muscles. He’s not just toned: he has one of those Charles Atlas physiques with more sticky out veins than Andrew has crows’ feet. According to some in the entourage, the word to describe such definition is “ripped”, though moving in theatrical circles as they do, this is a word only familiar to Whingers when used as a prefix to “off” and usually during a row about theatre programmes.”

http://westendwhingers.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/review-absurd-person-singular-garrick-theatre/

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