The Iron Lady ....

Eric · 15-11-2011, 19:24

Ok ... I like Meryl Streep ... as Hollywood goes, she ain't all that bad ... but Streep as Thatcher? I know she will probably do a decent job ... trailer don't look all that bad. But were there no British actors able to handle the role? I mean, it's as dumb as having Jeff Chandler as Cochise

Or Edward G. Robinson in "The Ten Commandments

I for one had never realized that Cochise was Jewish

And does anyone trust a yank to do "justice" to the Iron Lady ... I hope we don't get Maggie the heroine, instead of Maggie the Bitch that she was, and probably still is

cashman · 15-11-2011, 20:54

yeh disappointed me mate, i'd hoped wi the thread title she had croaked.

Eric · 15-11-2011, 21:13

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yeh disappointed me mate, i'd hoped wi the thread title she had croaked.

Nah ... when she croaks the thread will be in the over-18s so that all her fans can deliver obits in forthright language.

Still think that they should bury her now ... and do it face down so that if she tries to claw her way out, she will end up where she belongs; and I don't mean Australia

grannyclaret · 15-11-2011, 21:26

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Originally Posted by cashman

yeh disappointed me mate, i'd hoped wi the thread title she had croaked.

is she still around,,,there will be plenty of buntin out up north.

Tealeaf · 15-11-2011, 21:38

She'll probably croak when she finds out the Tory leader in Hyndburn has seconded a motion supporting terrorist organisations currently involved in killing British troops.

cashman · 15-11-2011, 21:55

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She'll probably croak when she finds out the Tory leader in Hyndburn has seconded a motion supporting terrorist organisations currently involved in killing British troops.

If that had to occur T,i would change my opinion of the man, n even send him a "Thank You" card.

Tealeaf · 15-11-2011, 22:18

I hope she don't croak too soon, Cashy, because it's going to be a state funeral and you wouldn't want to pay for that out of your taxes, would you?

cashman · 15-11-2011, 22:21

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I hope she don't croak too soon, Cashy, because it's going to be a state funeral and you wouldn't want to pay for that out of your taxes, would you?

Sod me taxes,i'll pay fer it meself.

garinda · 15-11-2011, 22:34

I think Lindsay Duncan did a good job the other year, in the B.B.C. drama Margaret.

'I loathe Margaret Thatcher,' says actress playing former PM in new BBC drama | Mail Online

Rate Ms. Streep, but will need convincing she'll pull ol' Thatch off.

Though with her skill's as an actor, she probably will indeed convince me.

I detested Thatcher when she was on the throne, and all she stood for.

I've mentioned before, I did meet her the once, about twelve years ago. I was invited to a dinner, upstairs in a private dining room at the Carlton Club. Twelve diners at one table, and I was sat straight facing her.

Much to my suprise, I genuinely found her to be good company. She was interested in what I had to say, she was intelligent, and had a very dry sense of humour. Still hate her politics mind, but I did warm to her as a person. Though with hindsight, you do have to admire her dog's dangly bits, compared to today's weak as dishwater political leaders, especially when dealing with our E.U. 'brothers'.

Odd, when your perceptions are challenged.

Always thought Enoch Powell would be a monster, and he was a quiet, kind, gent. Whereas someone I admired growing up, David Bowie turned out to be a supercilious, vacuous, snob.

I look forward to seeing this film, and hope my preconceptions can be similarly challenged.

Tealeaf · 15-11-2011, 22:36

Isn't she still an honourary vice-president of Blackburn Rovers? I wonder if they'll scatter her ashes over Ewood Park, alongside some Venky Fried Chicken bones, with Jaysay performing the ceremony.

susie123 · 15-11-2011, 22:38

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I think Lindsay Duncan did a good job the other year, in the B.B.C. drama Margaret.

I was thinking of that after I read Eric's first post.

garinda · 15-11-2011, 22:45

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Isn't she still an honourary vice-president of Blackburn Rovers? I wonder if they'll scatter her ashes over Ewood Park, alongside some Venky Fried Chicken bones, with Jaysay performing the ceremony.

She was in the seventies. Don't know about now.

She'd be good in a pickle.

Tealeaf · 15-11-2011, 22:53

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She was in the seventies. Don't know about now.

She'd be good in a pickle.

Err..wasn't it a case of honourary VP for life?

And wasn't Ted Heath an honourary VP of Burnley FC?

No wonder they couldn't stand the sight of each other...Dingles v Rovers, a dirty war fought out in the dark corridors of Westminster.

garinda · 15-11-2011, 23:06

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Err..wasn't it a case of honourary VP for life?

And wasn't Ted Heath an honourary VP of Burnley FC?

No wonder they couldn't stand the sight of each other...Dingles v Rovers, a dirty war fought out in the dark corridors of Westminster.

Yup, you're right, seems she's still Honorary Vice President.

If she's not in a pickle, they might set her on fire, and float her down the Ganges instead.

Tealeaf · 15-11-2011, 23:14

Or she could end up as a goddess, with eight arms. They could then stick up a statue of her in Whitehall, or maybe outside the Darwin End.