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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 9, 2016 9:03:19 GMT
Watching the terrible Ab Fab movie.. I imagine Parsley is like the very camp long hairedguy who works at the fashion show Kathy Burke is running..
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Post by Jan on Jul 9, 2016 9:45:14 GMT
This is from the comments under a Guardian review by Mikey Billington. School of Parsley or by the master under a pseudonym ?
To be honest I saw only the first half because I couldn't stomach the slog of the second half....I did swear at the assistant director at half time before walking out....and feel justified in doing so......if I'd have had a bad pint or bad meal then I feel I have the right to vent my opinion....and with theatre you're offered no refund.......a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them....but I didn't...
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Post by Michael on Jul 9, 2016 9:51:44 GMT
Nah, the blank lines after each (half-)sentence are missing to make it an original.
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Post by Jan on Jul 9, 2016 9:56:12 GMT
Nah, the blank lines after each (half-)sentence are missing to make it an original. Yes but the formatting in Guardian comments (probably) doesn't allow blank lines so the ellipses were used instead ? I'm not giving up on this. |
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Post by Michael on Jul 9, 2016 10:01:18 GMT
Nah, the blank lines after each (half-)sentence are missing to make it an original. Yes but the formatting in Guardian comments (probably) don't allow blank lines so the ellipses were used instead ? I'm not giving up on this. Parsley would have even managed to get blank lines into the Guardian comment section. Don't ask me how, but he surely would have. |
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Post by Jan on Jul 9, 2016 10:06:20 GMT
Yes but the formatting in Guardian comments (probably) don't allow blank lines so the ellipses were used instead ? I'm not giving up on this. Parsley would have even managed to get blank lines into the Guardian comment section. Don't ask me how, but he surely would have. Not convinced. I'm sending it to the author of the catalogue raisonne of Parsley's works to get them to authenticate it #FakeOrFortune |
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Post by brenth on Jul 9, 2016 10:18:55 GMT
Maybe it is a new type of blank verse
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Post by Steve on Jul 9, 2016 11:22:22 GMT
This is from the comments under a Guardian review by Mikey Billington. School of Parsley or by the master under a pseudonym ? To be honest I saw only the first half because I couldn't stomach the slog of the second half....I did swear at the assistant director at half time before walking out....and feel justified in doing so......if I'd have had a bad pint or bad meal then I feel I have the right to vent my opinion....and with theatre you're offered no refund.......a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them....but I didn't... As an attendee at the School of Parsley, I can assure you that this is not Parsley. The phrase "To be honest" is too mealy-mouthed, and suggests that the writer sometimes tempers his honesty out of politeness. Parsley is a river of truth washing the Augean stables of staid theatre bare of it's pretensions. Since Parsley IS truth, he could never use this phrase. The writer then goes on to describe the play as a "slog." Parsley often will use "s" words to describe a play, but never that one, which is apologetically weak. The writer swore at the "assistant director" on walking out. Parsley would never blame wage slaves for the decisions of their masters. Parsley would, by contrast, threaten the producer with a "withdrawal of investment." The writer compares the play to having a "bad pint." Parsley is not the Pub Landlord. If he was to imbibe, and risk contaminating his Missoni cardigan with fluid, it would not be a "pint." The writer pipes up to justify her "right to vent her opinion." Parsley assumes this right, without justification. The writer uses the phrase "a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them." This is not contemptuous enough. Parsley's disdain for the self-regarding cattle of the metropolitan elite, that uncomplainingly and unquestioningly consume theatrical grass, is so great that not only would he not wish them well, he would not use the word "people" to describe them. |
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Post by Jan on Jul 9, 2016 11:44:58 GMT
This is from the comments under a Guardian review by Mikey Billington. School of Parsley or by the master under a pseudonym ? To be honest I saw only the first half because I couldn't stomach the slog of the second half....I did swear at the assistant director at half time before walking out....and feel justified in doing so......if I'd have had a bad pint or bad meal then I feel I have the right to vent my opinion....and with theatre you're offered no refund.......a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them....but I didn't... As an attendee at the School of Parsley, I can assure you that this is not Parsley. The phrase "To be honest" is too mealy-mouthed, and suggests that the writer sometimes tempers his honesty out of politeness. Parsley is a river of truth washing the Augean stables of staid theatre bare of it's pretensions. Since Parsley IS truth, he could never use this phrase. The writer then goes on to describe the play as a "slog." Parsley often will use "s" words to describe a play, but never that one, which is apologetically weak. The writer swore at the "assistant director" on walking out. Parsley would never blame wage slaves for the decisions of their masters. Parsley would, by contrast, threaten the producer with a "withdrawal of investment." The writer compares the play to having a "bad pint." Parsley is not the Pub Landlord. If he was to imbibe, and risk contaminating his Missoni cardigan with fluid, it would not be a "pint." The writer pipes up to justify her "right to vent her opinion." Parsley assumes this right, without justification. The writer uses the phrase "a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them." This is not contemptuous enough. Parsley's disdain for the self-regarding cattle of the metropolitan elite, that uncomplainingly and unquestioningly consume theatrical grass, is so great that not only would he not wish them well, he would not use the word "people" to describe them. However Parsley gets free tickets to all the plays he sees, sees them as part of his job, and so would know who the assistant was. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 12:50:32 GMT
Parsley has said he's a medical doctor, previously working in sexual health and now in general practice.
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Post by brenth on Jul 9, 2016 13:06:35 GMT
I like to think if him as a fabulous mythical creature
I'm not convinced he would spend time looking a dodgy torgers for a living... I think this is a ruse to make him seem more mortal
Why would him working as a sexual health doctor get him free tickets? Unless Dame Judi's rash has not improved...
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 9, 2016 15:56:19 GMT
I thought he was the male Anna Wintour to the fashion world? Always jetting in from Milan fashion week blah blah blah. Parsley has said he's a medical doctor, previously working in sexual health and now in general practice. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 16:17:29 GMT
I thought he was the male Anna Wintour to the fashion world? Always jetting in from Milan fashion week blah blah blah. Others think he is the male Kate Adie, despatching frontline reports from the world's most dangerous theatre locations, such as Watford I recall him telling us. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 17:20:20 GMT
I like to think if him as a fabulous mythical creature Beware the Parsleywock, my son... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 18:03:38 GMT
This is from the comments under a Guardian review by Mikey Billington. School of Parsley or by the master under a pseudonym ? To be honest I saw only the first half because I couldn't stomach the slog of the second half....I did swear at the assistant director at half time before walking out....and feel justified in doing so......if I'd have had a bad pint or bad meal then I feel I have the right to vent my opinion....and with theatre you're offered no refund.......a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them....but I didn't... As an attendee at the School of Parsley, I can assure you that this is not Parsley. The phrase "To be honest" is too mealy-mouthed, and suggests that the writer sometimes tempers his honesty out of politeness. Parsley is a river of truth washing the Augean stables of staid theatre bare of it's pretensions. Since Parsley IS truth, he could never use this phrase. The writer then goes on to describe the play as a "slog." Parsley often will use "s" words to describe a play, but never that one, which is apologetically weak. The writer swore at the "assistant director" on walking out. Parsley would never blame wage slaves for the decisions of their masters. Parsley would, by contrast, threaten the producer with a "withdrawal of investment." The writer compares the play to having a "bad pint." Parsley is not the Pub Landlord. If he was to imbibe, and risk contaminating his Missoni cardigan with fluid, it would not be a "pint." The writer pipes up to justify her "right to vent her opinion." Parsley assumes this right, without justification. The writer uses the phrase "a lot of people have enjoyed it and good for them." This is not contemptuous enough. Parsley's disdain for the self-regarding cattle of the metropolitan elite, that uncomplainingly and unquestioningly consume theatrical grass, is so great that not only would he not wish them well, he would not use the word "people" to describe them. We need to write a play together |
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Post by brenth on Jul 9, 2016 18:26:34 GMT
I hope you take this all in the spirt it is intended!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 10, 2016 9:22:36 GMT
We loves you Parsley
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Post by danb on Jul 10, 2016 9:37:19 GMT
Love is a bit strong. "Have a healthy regard for..." works better for me.
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Post by brenth on Jul 10, 2016 18:19:28 GMT
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Post by brenth on Jul 10, 2016 18:22:15 GMT
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Post by foxa on Jul 10, 2016 19:08:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2016 20:55:39 GMT
Actually Pretty damn close!! |
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Post by demelza on Jul 11, 2016 0:27:05 GMT
I've always imagined Parsely to look a little like this (apologies) |
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Post by horton on Jul 11, 2016 7:25:03 GMT
"The writer compares the play to having a "bad pint." Parsley is not the Pub Landlord. If he was to imbibe, and risk contaminating his Missoni cardigan with fluid, it would not be a "pint."
I assumed it was a "pint" in the Marc Almond sense...
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Post by Coated on Jul 12, 2016 0:22:34 GMT
Eeeww. Baaaaaaad horton. Some things best remain forgotten.
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