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Listed below are comments made by EllenW-web_producer between Tuesday, 10th March 2009 and Tuesday, 7th April 2009.

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Let the Right One In - modern classic or over-hyped horror? 08:45am on 07 Apr 2009 @ anti-mode I think that you're onto something about the different way in which vampires are treated in Let the Right One In, although I don't think it's to do with sympathy for them as creatures. The vampire is usually depicted as a sort of demon lover and books or films about them suffer from a sort of adolescent intoxication with the dark count and his insatiable appetites. I don't object to this on moral grounds, it's just that on film it usually comes across as rather camp and ridiculous.

Let the Right One In has a subtlety and intelligence that goes beyond the usual gothic trappings. I don't think that Eli is portrayed entirely sympathetically, although to go into detail would be to reveal key parts of the plot, but there's a freshness about this film that comes from its ability to rise above vampire cliches and create a mysterious world all its own.
The Damned United from the perspective of someone who hates sport 09:45am on 01 Apr 2009 I'd honestly never heard of him! It has to be said that:

1. I lived in a household where sport wasn't watched or discussed

2. I went to a girls school where none of my friends watched any sport

3. Growing up in Belfast in the 1970s and 80s led me to suspect that sport was just another excuse to take sides and fight with a group of people you didn't know. I now recognise this view is extreme ;-)
Does Alastair Campbell make you angry? 10:02pm on 23 Mar 2009 Eek. can't believe I didn't check that. Does it show that I don't know one end of a football from another? I did enjoy The Damned United, however...
Visit the Picasso exhibition with Andrew and Lauren 09:56am on 23 Mar 2009 Slightly perplexed at the criticism of Lauren, but interested to know what other people think. We have done features of this sort before - for example when Andrew took Mark Kermode around the Cy Twombly exhibition: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow/videos/2008/07/s5_e9_cytwombly/

There wasn't any criticism of Mark not being an art expert in that instance.

Anyone enjoy Lauren's presence in the piece, or is the reaction universally negative?
Did the Olivier Awards get it right? 5:10pm on 20 Mar 2009 I *think* that the Critics' Circle Awards might be national: http://tiny.cc/vsuyx but it's interesting to have a look at what Lynn Gardner says about theatre awards in the Guardian: http://tiny.cc/KOLni
Did the Olivier Awards get it right? 10:12am on 19 Mar 2009 It's not immediately obvious that the awards are London-based because so many productions start out elsewhere.

I thought that David Bradley was excellent in No Man's Land, but didn't really like David Walliams' performance.
Did the Olivier Awards get it right? 4:46pm on 18 Mar 2009 Hi annex48

I believe that David Tennant was left off the shortlist because he missed too many performances following his back injury:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4446759/David-Tennant-excluded-from-voting-for-Laurence-Olivier-Awards.html
Watching the Watchmen 1:45pm on 17 Mar 2009 I think, Thoroughlygood, that we may agree on films to the same extent that we agree about Eurovision...

;-)

Did you like 300?
What's Newcastle Gateshead's future as a cultural centre? 6:49pm on 16 Mar 2009 @CarloFromEmptyShop keep in touch through our feedback form - we read everything that comes in. See the Culture Show homepage for the link.
What's Newcastle Gateshead's future as a cultural centre? 3:52pm on 10 Mar 2009 @ CarloFromEmptyShop let us know about a venue or event that you think will have a real buzz about it and I'll mention it to the series producers. We're going to be on the road for the next series (starting June or July) so events in the coming year would be interesting. The Newcastle show was a bit of an anomaly as we had to turn it around very quickly - mostly we'll try to be at an event.

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