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rabidsamfan) wrote2007-12-12 07:26 pm
rabidsamfan) wrote2007-12-12 07:26 pm
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Fandom number 18 -- Dickens
The Charwoman
There'd been a time when she would have taken the silken shirt off his back, and left him to be buried in calico, but he'd been kinder of late. There'd been a rise in her pay, and best of all a bottle of Christmas cheer each year that she could ease along till nearly Easter. Still, she was who she was, and with him gone there was no guarantee that the next master would want, or even need, the services of an old woman whose knees no longer bent to let her scrub the floors.
She took the bedcurtains anyway.
There'd been a time when she would have taken the silken shirt off his back, and left him to be buried in calico, but he'd been kinder of late. There'd been a rise in her pay, and best of all a bottle of Christmas cheer each year that she could ease along till nearly Easter. Still, she was who she was, and with him gone there was no guarantee that the next master would want, or even need, the services of an old woman whose knees no longer bent to let her scrub the floors.
She took the bedcurtains anyway.
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The first thing that charmed me about his portrayal was his laugh. Scrooge tends to be acted as a very frowny guy, but Scott had these half-smiles and under-breath chuckles showed us a man who had a sense of humor. Just not a nice one. I find that kind of new angle on a classic character a real delight.
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I'm also very fond of the musical "Scrooge!" with Albert Finney -- and the Muppet version makes me cry every time Kermit makes the speech about death (they made the film right after Jim Henson's and Brian Hunt's deaths).