So impressed by Sally’s performance tonight and by the brilliance
of her script. Sally Dynevor was superb. Her comic timing is second to none on
the cobbles.
Carla was clearly deep in thought but Sally, who misread the
situation chats on about the pronunciation of quinoa and kale. She even mentions
the avant garde notion of kale crisps.
At root, of course, is Sally’s snobbery and her sense of
self-importance. The brightest scripts the writers produce for Sally are those
where she thinks she is being fashionable, in the swim, keeping up with the
Jones’s and in actual fact is failing. Remember the sofa? She hated the red
sofa but on discovering it was expensive and pre-owned by a woman she thought
of good stock, all of a sudden Sally loved it! It’ll be Farrow and Ball paint next,
which will be essential to Sally’s existence.
Later, when Tim and Kevin arrive back at Sally’s and there
is a sense of relief about the kiss and the buying of the factory is in
prospect, Sally says, ‘I’ve got a Vienetta in the fridge.' Alan Bennett would be
delighted.
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8 comments:
Completely agree! Sally has been transformed. I loved the misunderstandings between Sally, Tim and Kevin. The stuff of sitcoms, but they bounced off each other so well that it was a joy to watch. Sad to say, the same could not be said about the bracelet scene with Eileen, Michael and Liz which fell flat as a pancake.
Yes, I agree with Humpty on both counts, although I did laugh out loud at Gail telling Eileen to "turn away from the dark side".
Sally was the same with the graffiti on her wall until she thought it was a Banksie.
Sally is excellent and stands out a mile at the moment as a highlight. I love it when she is on and somehow she has not only raised her own game but that of Michael Levells too- Micky
Sally, Kevin and Tim are brilliant together. Long live our favorite threesome!
She was superb on Friday and as you say Ruth that was down to both the performance and the writing.
I loved the Vienetta line too, my mum also still thinks they are posh and they appear at special occasions :)
I enjoyed Friday's Corrie a lot - and I have only just realised that's probably due in part to only Gail and Nick representing the Platt clan... I'm even warming to the Nazir's.
I also thought Tracey was good, I liked her suggestion that Todd was "meeting someone off an app" rather than going to the dentist.
I do however still think Todd should have gone at the conclusion of the Eileen/Jason storyline, he's a spare part now really, pointless.
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