I rate Emma's Sense and Sensibility as one of the best classic novel adaptations there has been. In my opinion, it's right up there with John Schlesinger's Far From the Madding Crowd. Both capture the essence of their novels perfectly - such a difficult job to do.
I agree. I discovered Emma Thomson thanks to Sense and Sensibility when I was 15, here in the Czech Republic. I loved the movie so much that I went to see it again the next day in the cinema. And then i bought a video casette which I still have today :) At that time I did not know how funny, inteligent, down to earth and classy lady she was. I know it now - love watching videos with her - funny and serious. She is one of my role models. Also very happy for her long lasting merriage to the lovely Greg Wise.
What a woman and actress ! Just see Sense and Sensibility, f.i. - masterpiece. I'd like to cuddle her every night - she's funny, eternal good looking and has that enormous sense of humor and appeal and a heart at the good place. Vibrant person. I love her. And the sketch was funny after all, in context.
This is a bad interviewer-he keeps cutting her off to control the narrative. I mean I know that’s the purpose of an interviewer lol but I feel best interviews give space and generosity to interviewee
Emma T.' doesn't act, Dame Emma " MORPHS"" into every character.. I love Elinor from "'Sense" and Fiona in ""The Children Act", (the most poorly marketed film ever)....oh. this is hard, cuz "The Baroness" is brilliant. HIGH ART, OR HIGH CAMP. SHE DOES IT ALL SEEMLESSLY.
To you maybe, I laughed all through it. I've NEVER found Ben Elton funny, they are the worst punch lines I've ever seen. The first series of Black Adder was by far the best to me. The Young ones is a classic because of the characters, in fact the worse the jokes were, the funnier it was, and like in this case, it was a female writer who was doing all the really wild and avante garde humour with the animals. And after the first series Black Adder just went with that same kind of lowbrow comedy that really was only saved by exceptional actors. But then comedy is fairly subjective. I think in today's x rated comedy world that sketch could really be 'updated' to be even more hilarious.
@@mikearchibald744 Hello there. If you don't mind me asking, what do you make of the perception of "women not being funny" (with even intellectuals like the late Christopher Hitchens using evolution as a reason)?
@@cadethumann8605 I don't even remember what this is pertaining to anymore, but thats not something I know much about. I don't know much about 'evolution' except for the comedy, not the psychology behind it. Off the top of my head I would think its more sociological. Men, particularly white men, are at the top of the culture ladder. So finding things funny is much easier. Culture would make more sense. You go back in the seventies and Monty Python and Blazing Saddles had those rape jokes in them. Well, its a HELL of a lot easier to laugh at something like that when as a man you have 'distance'. Whereas you could also say that the RIGHT joke could maybe be funnier the less distance you have, but I"m not a woman so I wouldn't know what that would be. The idea that women aren't as funny is just ludicrous. In Hollywood everything is political so womens lines are usually tailored to the 'straight man' role, or are derivative, sort of like when Parks and Recreation simply made Amy Poehler into a 'Michael Scott like' character. But then of course they had a male 'dwight like' character so nobody comes off well in Hollywood. But if you look at something like Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, MOST of those women had the best jokes in it and the best delivery because of course the humour was written for them. If you ever saw the movie "Spy", it was almost ALL women getting a good percentage of the jokes and thats one of the funniest movies of the past ten years. But as for comedy, laughter is said to be a reaction against inflexible behaviour. Mens lives are far more regimented than most men think, so laughing is a more singular response. Women tend to go for the crying and serious movies, both of those two things are brining out emotions, which is more culturally dictated. I remember that movie 'Saved' where it shows a woman watching a television show which was about a woman with cancer who was dying and she says "oh this looks good". That was meant to be funny, but there does seem to be something to that. I'd definitely go with culture and sociology before getting into evolution or something 'inherent' in biology. My wife likes to laugh as much as I do, she just doesn't find as many things funny as I do and doesn't laugh out loud. Maybe the act of laughing is actually not necessary at all, and its just a way to, actually, I don't evne know how to finish that. I laugh a lot and loud and worked in places where people say it makes them 'happy to hear it'. That doesn't make me laugh more, but it makes me worry less about doing it. But a french lady I spoke to today was just saying how poeple say that she laughs really loud. And she's pretty funny.
@@mikearchibald744 I apologize for such a non-sequitur of a comment. Admittedly, I recently came across this perception and I was looking for someone who had insight in the opposing stance (the comments under videos that discussed about the topic were generally "lol women not funny" and rarely did I find one who had a more positive take), and you seemed the right person to talk to. Thankfully, my odd approach paid off as you did give a good answer. It perplexes me as to why many guys say women are not funny when I have seen works that featured women that made me at least chuckle (I'm a rather difficult guy to make laugh hard). For instance, several anime and manga that had women as writers would make me laugh like Ouran Highschool Host Club and Fruits Basket. Even in personal interactions, there were ladies who had quirky demeanors who would make me laugh from how silly they were. Hell, I even found individual stand ups who were well respected for not using the same kind of jokes many unfunny women comedians use (EX. Yumi Nagashima uses her soft approach to set up a scene and then subverts it by saying something crazy). I think one factor that may have given the negative perception is upbringing and approach. Many women use an approach that alienates guys such as only talking about personal female body issues, talking how bad men are, etc. (I am aware that many male comedians do the same, which I am also not fond of), perhaps due to being raised to be uptight against the system, which can alienate/irritate other people. When they have a different approach due to having a different upbringing, perceptions seem to vary. Ay, I feel like my writing did not turn out so well. I guess I'm not myself right now. Hopefully, I did make my point somewhat clear enough. Please forgive my atrocious writing.
@@cadethumann8605 No need for apologies, it was a fine comment. I think a lot of guys for much of the time have tended to see women as only sex objects, and probably the terms 'sex' and 'funny' or 'laughing' are not terms that go well together. I doubt there's an intrinsic reason why a woman telling the same joke as a man would be less funny, depending on the content. Roseanne's 'domestic goddess' routine got good laughs no doubt because it was self deprecating, but one that men felt 'safe' laughing at. Comedy USUALLY needs a butt of a joke, Ricky Gervais was always more funny to me back when he was self deprecating rather than insulting other people. But I have noticed that there is a sort of interesting movement in that even really attractive but funny women I don't really find particularly 'sexy'. The girls from Friends of course were hot, but because they made me laugh, it kind of moves them into another space where I really never found them 'sexy'. I'm HOPING thats a cultural force and that I'm not just a pig, although generally I thought it was a GOOD thing when you don't see somebody as just a sex object. I thought 'Smack the Pony" was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen, and even though lots of the premises were sexual in nature, again, it didn't seem sexy, it seemed funny, even if the women dressed atttractively. I think a lot of guys are just looking in comedy for validation of previous views, and in standup they may find women simply scary, which makes it hard to be funny. Just recently somebody posted about how Ricky Gervais was the only funny one to ever hose the Golden Globes. To my mind, when women really started taking over comedy was when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosted. They did what Ricky Gervais or NO male comic would do, which was to really take down Bill Cosby. All the male comedians just had too much reverence for him, but they destroyed him at the Golden globes. They had a joke about George Clooney's wife being a wll respected journalists with all kinds of accolades..."so we're going to honour her tonight by giving an award to her actor husband". That was more biting than the silly little insults Ricky Gervaise was dishing out. On the other hand, at the Emmys there was that female host I don't remember, but she was trying to just be a female version of Ricky Gervais, and it was really falling flat.
Who's your favourite Emma Thompson character?
Miss Money-Sterling of Footlights College.
Captain Amelia. She did a splendid job on the voice-over, there.
Mrs. Traverse on Saving Mr. Banks
Nanny McPhee and quite the opposite Fiona in Children Act
Beatrice on Much Ado About Nothing
The fact her actual mother was playing her mother and her sister her sister makes me envy the close net relationship
And her mum, Phyllida Law, is a marvellous actress.
I love that sketch.
genius theory. She´s GENIUS
I rate Emma's Sense and Sensibility as one of the best classic novel adaptations there has been. In my opinion, it's right up there with John Schlesinger's Far From the Madding Crowd. Both capture the essence of their novels perfectly - such a difficult job to do.
I agree. I discovered Emma Thomson thanks to Sense and Sensibility when I was 15, here in the Czech Republic. I loved the movie so much that I went to see it again the next day in the cinema. And then i bought a video casette which I still have today :) At that time I did not know how funny, inteligent, down to earth and classy lady she was. I know it now - love watching videos with her - funny and serious. She is one of my role models. Also very happy for her long lasting merriage to the lovely Greg Wise.
@@JosephineMarch7 Yes, a grand film.
And the 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice!
Yup she is genius !
Emma T. Is just a brilliant lady ,writing is one thing,writing and acting is a whole different animal and she is so good at it !
Emma Thompson is my most favorite actress. Her movie “Wit” is an excellent movie showcasing her abilities.
I’m here all day every day for Emma Thompson talking about writing
Emma Thompson is my ultimate ASMR
3:18 Lovely Ms. Thompson
5:45 Adaption of Sense and Sensibility
She was so fast Speaking in the video.
I don't get what she Told in first Minute and Last 2 minutes.
She is Genuine Writer.
I laughed so hard 😍. It’s an awesome sketch Emma!
What a woman and actress ! Just see Sense and Sensibility, f.i. - masterpiece. I'd like to cuddle her every night - she's funny, eternal good looking and has that enormous sense of humor and appeal and a heart at the good place. Vibrant person. I love her. And the sketch was funny after all, in context.
She looks especially beautiful. Love hair. Very good actress & writer. Mom & sis are pretty darn great as well.
I love Emma!
Where's the full video?
Love you Emma Thompson!
It's either versus OR difference between. Please.
This is a bad interviewer-he keeps cutting her off to control the narrative. I mean I know that’s the purpose of an interviewer lol but I feel best interviews give space and generosity to interviewee
Emma T.' doesn't act, Dame Emma " MORPHS"" into every character..
I love Elinor from "'Sense" and Fiona in ""The Children Act", (the most poorly marketed film ever)....oh. this is hard, cuz "The Baroness" is brilliant. HIGH ART, OR HIGH CAMP. SHE DOES IT ALL SEEMLESSLY.
It was the sock and whe all knew that about two seoconds into the sketch.
Who the eff is that interviewer?
Saved on a floppy disc?? Oh dear.
Keeping in mind the time period in which she was adapting the novel, i would say that’s pretty appropriate
Oh! Would love to watch an Emma Thompson adaptation of Persuasion! It's my favourite JA novel.
I’m afraid the sketch simply was not funny.
To you maybe, I laughed all through it. I've NEVER found Ben Elton funny, they are the worst punch lines I've ever seen. The first series of Black Adder was by far the best to me. The Young ones is a classic because of the characters, in fact the worse the jokes were, the funnier it was, and like in this case, it was a female writer who was doing all the really wild and avante garde humour with the animals. And after the first series Black Adder just went with that same kind of lowbrow comedy that really was only saved by exceptional actors. But then comedy is fairly subjective.
I think in today's x rated comedy world that sketch could really be 'updated' to be even more hilarious.
@@mikearchibald744 Hello there. If you don't mind me asking, what do you make of the perception of "women not being funny" (with even intellectuals like the late Christopher Hitchens using evolution as a reason)?
@@cadethumann8605 I don't even remember what this is pertaining to anymore, but thats not something I know much about. I don't know much about 'evolution' except for the comedy, not the psychology behind it.
Off the top of my head I would think its more sociological. Men, particularly white men, are at the top of the culture ladder. So finding things funny is much easier. Culture would make more sense. You go back in the seventies and Monty Python and Blazing Saddles had those rape jokes in them. Well, its a HELL of a lot easier to laugh at something like that when as a man you have 'distance'. Whereas you could also say that the RIGHT joke could maybe be funnier the less distance you have, but I"m not a woman so I wouldn't know what that would be.
The idea that women aren't as funny is just ludicrous. In Hollywood everything is political so womens lines are usually tailored to the 'straight man' role, or are derivative, sort of like when Parks and Recreation simply made Amy Poehler into a 'Michael Scott like' character. But then of course they had a male 'dwight like' character so nobody comes off well in Hollywood.
But if you look at something like Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, MOST of those women had the best jokes in it and the best delivery because of course the humour was written for them. If you ever saw the movie "Spy", it was almost ALL women getting a good percentage of the jokes and thats one of the funniest movies of the past ten years.
But as for comedy, laughter is said to be a reaction against inflexible behaviour. Mens lives are far more regimented than most men think, so laughing is a more singular response. Women tend to go for the crying and serious movies, both of those two things are brining out emotions, which is more culturally dictated. I remember that movie 'Saved' where it shows a woman watching a television show which was about a woman with cancer who was dying and she says "oh this looks good". That was meant to be funny, but there does seem to be something to that.
I'd definitely go with culture and sociology before getting into evolution or something 'inherent' in biology. My wife likes to laugh as much as I do, she just doesn't find as many things funny as I do and doesn't laugh out loud. Maybe the act of laughing is actually not necessary at all, and its just a way to, actually, I don't evne know how to finish that. I laugh a lot and loud and worked in places where people say it makes them 'happy to hear it'. That doesn't make me laugh more, but it makes me worry less about doing it. But a french lady I spoke to today was just saying how poeple say that she laughs really loud. And she's pretty funny.
@@mikearchibald744 I apologize for such a non-sequitur of a comment. Admittedly, I recently came across this perception and I was looking for someone who had insight in the opposing stance (the comments under videos that discussed about the topic were generally "lol women not funny" and rarely did I find one who had a more positive take), and you seemed the right person to talk to. Thankfully, my odd approach paid off as you did give a good answer.
It perplexes me as to why many guys say women are not funny when I have seen works that featured women that made me at least chuckle (I'm a rather difficult guy to make laugh hard). For instance, several anime and manga that had women as writers would make me laugh like Ouran Highschool Host Club and Fruits Basket. Even in personal interactions, there were ladies who had quirky demeanors who would make me laugh from how silly they were. Hell, I even found individual stand ups who were well respected for not using the same kind of jokes many unfunny women comedians use (EX. Yumi Nagashima uses her soft approach to set up a scene and then subverts it by saying something crazy).
I think one factor that may have given the negative perception is upbringing and approach. Many women use an approach that alienates guys such as only talking about personal female body issues, talking how bad men are, etc. (I am aware that many male comedians do the same, which I am also not fond of), perhaps due to being raised to be uptight against the system, which can alienate/irritate other people. When they have a different approach due to having a different upbringing, perceptions seem to vary.
Ay, I feel like my writing did not turn out so well. I guess I'm not myself right now. Hopefully, I did make my point somewhat clear enough. Please forgive my atrocious writing.
@@cadethumann8605 No need for apologies, it was a fine comment. I think a lot of guys for much of the time have tended to see women as only sex objects, and probably the terms 'sex' and 'funny' or 'laughing' are not terms that go well together.
I doubt there's an intrinsic reason why a woman telling the same joke as a man would be less funny, depending on the content. Roseanne's 'domestic goddess' routine got good laughs no doubt because it was self deprecating, but one that men felt 'safe' laughing at. Comedy USUALLY needs a butt of a joke, Ricky Gervais was always more funny to me back when he was self deprecating rather than insulting other people.
But I have noticed that there is a sort of interesting movement in that even really attractive but funny women I don't really find particularly 'sexy'. The girls from Friends of course were hot, but because they made me laugh, it kind of moves them into another space where I really never found them 'sexy'. I'm HOPING thats a cultural force and that I'm not just a pig, although generally I thought it was a GOOD thing when you don't see somebody as just a sex object.
I thought 'Smack the Pony" was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen, and even though lots of the premises were sexual in nature, again, it didn't seem sexy, it seemed funny, even if the women dressed atttractively.
I think a lot of guys are just looking in comedy for validation of previous views, and in standup they may find women simply scary, which makes it hard to be funny. Just recently somebody posted about how Ricky Gervais was the only funny one to ever hose the Golden Globes. To my mind, when women really started taking over comedy was when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosted. They did what Ricky Gervais or NO male comic would do, which was to really take down Bill Cosby. All the male comedians just had too much reverence for him, but they destroyed him at the Golden globes. They had a joke about George Clooney's wife being a wll respected journalists with all kinds of accolades..."so we're going to honour her tonight by giving an award to her actor husband".
That was more biting than the silly little insults Ricky Gervaise was dishing out. On the other hand, at the Emmys there was that female host I don't remember, but she was trying to just be a female version of Ricky Gervais, and it was really falling flat.
What the he'll is she talking about female and male humor, this is wrong on so many levels, and nothing from the presenter wtf!