Naked Noir - washingtonpost.com. I woke early that morning , fished for a cigarette, fought a hangover. No cigarette, big hangover. Spiders trapped flies a few feet in front of my eyeballs and when I swatted at them, they scattered, then reformed their picnic. I had it bad. I didn't want to but I had to: thought of the blonde. The name -- what was it? Wanda, Thelma . . . no, no, Velma. Those eyes, those hands. Velma -- dream gal, gams of lyric poetry, lips red as arterial blood spray -- Velma, why did you do this to me?
Well, I could go on, but you'd have to pay me a lot more money. What's so great about this lineup is that while it offers a selection of the most famous noirs, it also throws in some of the most obscure. I'm an enthusiastic amateur but no expert; of the 11 features AFI will exhibit, I've seen six, possibly seven, and I confess I've never seen the accidental masterpiece that lies at the heart of noir, director Edgar G. What is film noir? The easiest one is the guns. Round the Horne. Format[edit] Round the Horne featured a parody a week, several catchphrases, and many memorable characters. The show often opened with a deadpan delivery by Horne of "the answers to last week's questions" - questions which had never been asked, and which were laced with (what were for BBC Radio at that time) incredible double entendres and sexual innuendo, such as "First, the 'Where Do You Find It?
' question. "Fiona and Charles" was a regular in the show. Charles: "I know. " These sketches would also feature long lists of synonyms but finishing with the opposite, such as: Charles: "I was certain, positive, convinced and doctrinaire, and yet... unsure. " Other characters included J. Horne's adversary in many James Bond parodies was the Oriental criminal mastermind (and Fu Manchu parody) Dr Chu En Ginsberg MA (failed) (Williams, accompanied by his common-as-muck concubine Lotus Blossom, played by a cockney Paddick).
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