Comments on: Sarah Jaaaaaaaane, that is her naaaaaaame

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:29:00 +0000

Aha, I think I must have seen it being filmed in March then, when we were househunting. There were vans. And people dressed as nuns. (Or nuns, possibly.)

By: Rocrastinator Extraordinaire

Rocrastinator Extraordinaire — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:07:00 +0000

Corner of Clinton Road, I believe.

It's like that bit in A Child In Time where he writes a memoir about his childhood, and the publisher assumes it's a children's book because it's about a kid. Silliness. Doctor Who is a pretty good example too, where even the supposed POV characters are adults too (even if I assume that only came about because child actors are expensive/often shite).

All lady journos of the 70s carted their typewriters outside to contemplate some drizzle with a glass of Chardonnay, shortly before balancing their robot dogs precariously on a wall. FACT.

MILF is horrid, yes, sorry, etc.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:09:00 +0000

BTW, had to look up MILF. Euch! My feminist sensibilities are offended. Surely the advantage of getting older/being a mum is that (hopefully) people start looking at your face instead of your boobs, no?

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:06:00 +0000

So, where is her house then? I saw about 1m of SJ yesterday (which is about as much of the last series of DW as I got) and yes, was also struck by how great it is to have something for kids with a strong female character who is older than 15. It made me think about the comment someone made once about Dr Doolittle: that it challenges the assumption people sometimes make that books for children have to be about children.

I’ve seen the hilarious k9 credits before, bizarrely. I especially like the ‘typewriter and wine outside pub’ scene. She was obviously waiting a decade or three until Starbucks opened with a wireless hotspot.