[Hardy-l] Re: Thoughts on 'Tess'

[Rosemarie Morgan]

Collagen lips?: I had the same thought, Dale. I found this image of Gemma 
from *St Trinian's* -- what do you think? As to pace which, in this 
production allows for more effective character development, I agree with 
Paul. Although the Victorian method of serialising novels demanded an 
element of "cliffhanger" technique at the end of each number, Hardy 
sustains his plot with pure drama, crises that seem natural and inevitable 
rather than contrived, and I feel the Masterpiece version achieves a 
similar fluence.
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I would, though, have preferred to see Hardy's Tess stemming the flow of 
blood at Prince's death even if the merciful gent has to take up shotgun to 
put the poor creature out of its misery. Tess's instinct to take action and 
her earthy lack of squeamishness is well illustrated in this episode (not 
to mention the underlying theme of "bloodying" Tess).

All best wishes,
Rosemarie
>  ______________________
>Anyway, those are my thoughts.  Oh, and I didn't notice any collagen--I 
>think those are Gemma Arterton's natural lips.  They looked the same in 
>*Quantum of Solace*, anyway. . .
>
>Best,
>  Paul Niemeyer
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