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Re: Bah, Humbug and All That

Karen — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:57:08 -0000

I really am partial to the Mr Magoo version.

But I saw the Patrick Stewart one-man show on Broadway back in the mid-'90s. What a tour-de-force! And it addressed exactly the point you make in your first paragraph. He was doing it right around the time of Gingrich's Contract with America, and when he got to the line, "Are there no workhouses?" he got just a huge reaction from the audience. It really IS a subversive text for a modern consumer corporate Christmas.

Re: Bah, Humbug and All That

Lance Mannion — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:47:38 -0000

Someday, when the technology can make it seamless, I'd like to see a version made up of the best of all of them...

Alistair Sim as Scrooge with the Cratchitts from the Albert Finney version and Edward Woodward as the Ghost of Christmas Present from the George C. Scott version and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from that one too---I like the way his bones creak and Alec Guinness as Marley's Ghost.

And from the Magoo version, the razzleberry dressing.

I hope you all have the Lord's bright blessing, and knowing we're together, knowing we're together heart and hand, and you have the whitest Christmas, the lightest, brightest Christmas, a Christmas far more glorious than grand!

Re: Bah, Humbug and All That

Viscount LaCarte — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:52:28 -0000

We'll be watching that one tonight. I love it.

Re: Bah, Humbug and All That

Tom Watson — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:41:46 -0000

I am partial to the Mr. Magoo version, starring Jim Backus.

We just watched the 80s George C. Scott version and it's very faithful to the text, perhaps the most so.

Re: Bah, Humbug and All That

Viscount LaCarte — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:53:53 -0000

My vote for the best portrayal of Scrooge (though perhaps not the finest production) goes to George C. Scott.

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