You know, I was going to call this the Music Review Monday, because I was planning to review music. Then I realized that this was a freaking lie and in the end I was going to review whatever happened to catch my transient interests at any time. And while I do enjoy the occasionally untruth, now is not one of those moments.
Anyhoo, tonight I’m watching Eddie Izzard’s Circle, and I’m finding it to be a pleasant surprise. One of the complaints I’d heard was that he was not as funny in this show as he was in “Dressed to Kill” and “Glorious”. Which is true, but does not remove all merit from this performance. It’s still quite funny in its own way and very blasphemous — a style that I always support.
And there’s also Eddie himself, looking fantabulous. The makeup is fantastic, the shirt is stylin’, the pants have freaking D RINGS for crying out loud (always a favorite) and the shoes make me weep. Lovely pointed toes and high heeled boots. The pants are incredibly tight, though, and that makes me wonder inappropriate things.
Like: Surely he must tuck. Surely.
Another critique I’ve heard is that it is poorly edited. Also true but again, not a show-killing problem. In a way I find it charming, because it feels less polished and more as if I’m watching the show live within the audience.
Truthfully I’m quite charmed by the whole show and I would not mind having a copy should I find one cheaply or some fantastic online admirer buy it for me from my amazon list…
On to Le Chevalier D’eon! I have a soft sick love of anime, and I find myself drawn to watching this particular example. It *is* slow in some places and does have a tendency to be talky, but the action and the tremendous costumes of the time it portrays are amazing.
The scene is set in France of 250 years ago, when D’eon (a surprisingly butch bishonen, I must say) finds his sister’s undecaying body floating in a coffin down the Seine. what follows is around 24 episodes of the random items:
Despite or perhaps because of all this, I can’t wait to see the last two DVDs. Plus I would love for some amazingly rich Anime fanatic to commission me to make all these dolls and costumes. Madame du Pompadour — I love her color scheme, and usually I don’t care so much for orange…
So that’s my cinema for the day… what have you guys been watching lately? I’d love to have more to fluff my Netflix list with. 
