[Magdalen] Ab Fab the movie

[Marion Thompson]

Well summed.  I can hardly wait!  Another Bolly, yes!

Marion, a pilgrim


On 6/30/2016 11:29 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> It was described to me as "crazy and hilarious," and that's all I had
> to go on until I saw the show on BBC America and got caught up by it.
>
> My attempt:
>
> Edina "Eddy" Monsoon, a London child of the '60s who thinks she is
> stylish and trend-setting (but doesn't quite achieve this thanks to
> her many hangups) runs her own PR firm and tries to live a fabulous,
> stylish life with her actually stylish but boozy best friend, fashion
> editor Patsy Stone, who hasn't eaten since 1973 ("Liquid lunch for me,
> Mrs. M"). In Eddy's house, she's the chaotic, undisciplined one, while
> her teenage daughter Saffron (Saffy) is the real adult of the
> household; her mother (Gran; Mrs M) drops by at the worst times to
> prod Eddy's neuroses and act ditzy while clearly perceiving everything
> that's going on; and Eddy's utterly daft personal assistant Bubble
> manages to make doing nothing an art form whilst posing philosophical
> questions of the insane kind. There are moments of tension any time it
> starts "raining ex-husbands" or Eddy gets inspired to try again
> contacting her long-lost son Serge ("He's taking lava readings...Yes,
> I faxed the volcano"). The repartee and procession of cameo
> appearances keep things hilarious and, yes, Absolutely Fabulous,
> sweetie darling.
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> I found myself this week trying to explain the show to a good friend  from
>> Minnesota who has somehow never seen it.  Ask yourself how you  would
>> describe Ab Fab to one who is a total stranger to the series.
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