Thursday, January 18, 2007
Blair on Trial - More 4
When Robert Lyndsey played Citizen Smith, a passionate but poorly politically aware revolutionary, he played it with a certain panache that could make you warm to his character. The script with which he had to work was run of the mill sitcom with some quite clever jokes, but he was able to inject with verve and humour.
I was thus looking forward to Blair on Trial; what we got was a performance that me feeling no empathy for the character whom he was playing. Lyndsey's Blair struck me as an empty and vacuuous man whose raison d'etre depending on the big names that were near to his sphere. There was nothing there. Empty. Lyndsey made his character despairing and anxious. A yesterday man whose cover was blown in the fact that he lived in yesterday anyway. It was a skilled performance in that Lyndsey managed to empty the Blair character of any substance. In addition to this but more significantly, this Blair not only lacked any political awareness but any political passion that comes with it.
I was expecting a great deal more, but the stark reality is that not too expect too much from Blair other than celebrity, trashiness and crap. This drama brought these points home to me.
I was thus looking forward to Blair on Trial; what we got was a performance that me feeling no empathy for the character whom he was playing. Lyndsey's Blair struck me as an empty and vacuuous man whose raison d'etre depending on the big names that were near to his sphere. There was nothing there. Empty. Lyndsey made his character despairing and anxious. A yesterday man whose cover was blown in the fact that he lived in yesterday anyway. It was a skilled performance in that Lyndsey managed to empty the Blair character of any substance. In addition to this but more significantly, this Blair not only lacked any political awareness but any political passion that comes with it.
I was expecting a great deal more, but the stark reality is that not too expect too much from Blair other than celebrity, trashiness and crap. This drama brought these points home to me.
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