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The Lady Vanishes
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On BBC1 tonight at 8.30. I wonder will it be anywhere near as good as the 1939 film?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think if tonight's version is half as good as the film it will do.
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Agatha Christie novels seem to work best for modern audiences if there's an element of humour in them. That's partly why the original film version still holds up so well today. (It's also why 'Poirot' worked well on TV when the director allowed plenty of humorous interplay between Poirot, Japp, Hastings and Miss Lemon but less well when a new director decided to focus purely on the mystery side of the plot).
It will be interesting to see whether the new TV version of The Lady Vanishes 'plays it straight' or allows a little humour to boost the story.
It will be interesting to see whether the new TV version of The Lady Vanishes 'plays it straight' or allows a little humour to boost the story.
>>>i see what you're saying Buenchico but it isn't a story by Agatha Christie
Buenchico bangs his head on the desk and asks himself why he's always assumed that AC wrote it! It must be something about the style of the writing, although I admit that I've never read the original novel. ('The Wheel Spins' by Ethel Lina White - Thank you, Wikipedia!).
My point holds true, I think, though. Mystery novels from that period tend to work best on screen when there's a bit of humour injected into them.
Buenchico bangs his head on the desk and asks himself why he's always assumed that AC wrote it! It must be something about the style of the writing, although I admit that I've never read the original novel. ('The Wheel Spins' by Ethel Lina White - Thank you, Wikipedia!).
My point holds true, I think, though. Mystery novels from that period tend to work best on screen when there's a bit of humour injected into them.
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