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So did y'all watch Man in an Orange Shirt on PBS last night? I wanna hear your thoughts! The above picture comes via an interview with Julian for Out magazine about Orange Shirt - at first I thought I'd posted that shot before but it's actually a slight variant of a shot posted back here, so it's new! Hooray for new pictures of Julian. (Thx.) Anyway I know I've played Amateur Sleuth when it comes to Julian's private life to a weird obsessive extent before but this bit from this Out interview (referring to his character) really stuck out to me:
"Does Adam have a sex addiction?” Morris ponders. “I think he’s unable to have a relationship. Then again, should gay men lead lives that mimic heterosexual lives?”
Is that a question a straight man would ponder? That doesn't really feel like the sort of question a straight person would openly ponder, not even one that's played a gay character. I mean that's not even precisely the struggle that his character is grappling with in the show, at least not as I read it. Adam's problem was more with needing to feel worthy of love. Anyway all that word-picking-apart aside tell me your thoughts on Man in an Orange Shirt in the comments if you feel inspired, and don't forget the film hits blu-ray tomorrow if you wanna grab a copy too. ETA Julian posted a few behind-the-scenes pictures on his Instagram...
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I am a huge Vanessa Redgrave fan, and before watching Man in the Orange Shirt, had just seen her glorious performance in The Fever, which was directed by her son, Carlo Nero. She's the only actress in modern cinema whose body relays exactly what her character is thinking without a movement. I thought this was a beautiful production, smart script, lovely cinematography, not to mention sexy men half-naked. I've always found Oliver Jackson-Cohen hot, from his performance as Mr. Wood in Once Upon a Time to his Jonathan Harker in Dracula and he didn't disappoint here. Julian Morris needs to be shirtless more often.
Furthermore, I had seen the MN Opera production of Fellow Travelers the night before, and it's about the Lavender Scare in the 1950s, so the stories had similarities. I loved this!
I was more invested in the part of the story of the past where the lovers were kept apart by society. I was frustrated by the modern story where we were being asked to sympathize with people that made stupid choices.
I mostly left wondering if any of it was cut out from what they showed in Britain; the pace seemed just a bit too quick and it felt like there were scenes missing. That said, it was a beautiful production with VERY strong acting and VERY VERY PRETTY MEN.
@Daniel, that's a good question. The British reviews I saw positioned it as a "mini-series" of some sort, but of course on PBS was just a 2-hour long show.
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