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Speaker 1: I'm Taylor Strano.

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Speaker 3: and fine read well slash listened to The Thursday Murder Club,

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Speaker 3: and that is, of course what we are talking about today.

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Speaker 3: But it's been adapted into this brilliant film for Netflix.

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Speaker 3: It essentially is for retirees. They live in this gorgeous

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of fast paced movement in this film

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Speaker 1: And you know what, you haven't lived until you've seen

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Speaker 1: You know what did it for you? I think a

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00:18:31,064 --> 00:18:33,744
Speaker 1: man who can dance on ice? How clever is it?

438
00:18:33,744 --> 00:18:37,464
Speaker 3: Because he was somewhat partially fake related to Pierce Frosman,

439
00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:38,224
Speaker 3: it was.

440
00:18:38,224 --> 00:18:40,304
Speaker 1: A very good looking duo. I was sort of attracted

441
00:18:40,304 --> 00:18:42,824
Speaker 1: to father and son. That's a problem with him.

442
00:18:43,144 --> 00:18:46,464
Speaker 3: He just wasn't hot enough. Oh okay, there was not

443
00:18:46,624 --> 00:18:48,424
Speaker 3: enough sex of hell and I'm so sorry. But I

444
00:18:48,504 --> 00:18:51,624
Speaker 3: do have a replacement in mind. If they want to

445
00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:54,184
Speaker 3: recast this role going forward, I think that would be, okay,

446
00:18:54,544 --> 00:18:58,584
Speaker 3: THEO James, the White Lotus and the Gentleman. That's who

447
00:18:58,624 --> 00:19:00,704
Speaker 3: I want to be a boxer turned ice skater.

448
00:19:00,864 --> 00:19:01,784
Speaker 1: It's THEO James.

449
00:19:01,864 --> 00:19:03,744
Speaker 4: I don't know if THEO James is tough enough.

450
00:19:03,864 --> 00:19:05,024
Speaker 3: Have you seen The Gentleman?

451
00:19:05,504 --> 00:19:06,344
Speaker 4: No, but I took.

452
00:19:06,224 --> 00:19:08,184
Speaker 1: Lady Mary's virginity in Downton as well.

453
00:19:08,224 --> 00:19:10,344
Speaker 4: WHOA, Okay, that sounds pretty tough.

454
00:19:10,344 --> 00:19:12,224
Speaker 1: He's got range, is what we're saying, Corney. Okay.

455
00:19:12,264 --> 00:19:14,104
Speaker 4: I just think of him in White Lotus, where he

456
00:19:14,224 --> 00:19:16,624
Speaker 4: just comes across as like a bit too scrubbed up

457
00:19:16,624 --> 00:19:17,904
Speaker 4: for me? Do you know what I mean?

458
00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:18,544
Speaker 1: I do?

459
00:19:18,584 --> 00:19:21,184
Speaker 3: But then in The Gentleman he is running a drug ring.

460
00:19:21,224 --> 00:19:23,184
Speaker 4: Okay, I need to watch that. Obviously, grab some dirt

461
00:19:23,224 --> 00:19:24,784
Speaker 4: on your face and get on with it. He's got range.

462
00:19:24,824 --> 00:19:25,704
Speaker 1: He's got range. Copy.

463
00:19:26,104 --> 00:19:28,144
Speaker 3: Also, we also have to take a moment to talk

464
00:19:28,184 --> 00:19:33,024
Speaker 3: about bogged Down aka Henry Lloyd Hughes now famous author.

465
00:19:33,184 --> 00:19:34,224
Speaker 1: Marian Keyes is.

466
00:19:34,184 --> 00:19:37,864
Speaker 3: Like completely obsessed with bog Dwan, like outwardly unashamably, and

467
00:19:37,904 --> 00:19:40,504
Speaker 3: I get it because he's just like this sweet Polish

468
00:19:40,504 --> 00:19:42,184
Speaker 3: man and I love him, and he tried to do

469
00:19:42,224 --> 00:19:42,744
Speaker 3: the right thing.

470
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Speaker 1: He is such a lovely character. If I have any

471
00:19:46,744 --> 00:19:48,904
Speaker 1: criticism of the movie, I don't think the movie does

472
00:19:48,944 --> 00:19:51,784
Speaker 1: the character of Bogdan justice. I know they didn't have

473
00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:55,024
Speaker 1: the time that the book does. He's just so beautiful.

474
00:19:55,344 --> 00:19:57,504
Speaker 1: Like the scene we meet him, he's sitting down for

475
00:19:57,544 --> 00:20:00,344
Speaker 1: a coffee with David Tennant. The waitress comes over and

476
00:20:00,344 --> 00:20:02,984
Speaker 1: gives David Tennant his coffee and bog Dan goes thanks,

477
00:20:03,224 --> 00:20:06,424
Speaker 1: because David Tennant's character doesn't even say thanks to waitresses,

478
00:20:06,624 --> 00:20:09,064
Speaker 1: So you know he's a baddie from the first scene.

479
00:20:09,264 --> 00:20:11,384
Speaker 4: Absolutely, if you're rooted to wait stuff, that's a dead

480
00:20:11,424 --> 00:20:13,624
Speaker 4: givel out of my face. Yeah, you kind of deserved

481
00:20:13,624 --> 00:20:14,264
Speaker 4: to be murdered.

482
00:20:14,344 --> 00:20:15,464
Speaker 1: Oh, no, I can't say that.

483
00:20:17,664 --> 00:20:17,704
Speaker 6: You.

484
00:20:19,104 --> 00:20:23,744
Speaker 3: Also, speaking of baddies, Richardy Grant aka Bobby Tanner, Oh,

485
00:20:23,824 --> 00:20:26,624
Speaker 3: say gosh, I was not expecting him to be as

486
00:20:26,784 --> 00:20:29,464
Speaker 3: terrifying as he was in this film, Like thank god

487
00:20:29,504 --> 00:20:32,024
Speaker 3: that he was positioned in a flories because I'm not

488
00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:34,744
Speaker 3: convinced that there would be any living things thriving around

489
00:20:34,744 --> 00:20:35,064
Speaker 3: this man.

490
00:20:35,144 --> 00:20:37,064
Speaker 1: Because his energy was so dark.

491
00:20:37,344 --> 00:20:39,704
Speaker 4: It was so amazing, and just like the visual of

492
00:20:40,104 --> 00:20:42,704
Speaker 4: the red roses and the blood on his hands and

493
00:20:42,744 --> 00:20:44,464
Speaker 4: the thorns, it was so delicious.

494
00:20:44,984 --> 00:20:47,384
Speaker 3: JOGGI you famously you don't like horror films. You don't

495
00:20:47,424 --> 00:20:50,064
Speaker 3: like scary things in general. Were you scared of Bobby Tanner?

496
00:20:50,424 --> 00:20:52,824
Speaker 1: No, I was more scared of Elizabeth being followed by

497
00:20:52,864 --> 00:20:54,024
Speaker 1: a man in a graveyard.

498
00:20:54,784 --> 00:20:55,784
Speaker 4: Yes, that's a real fear.

499
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Speaker 1: But I thought Richard Ingrat was just wonderful. I didn't

500
00:20:58,384 --> 00:21:01,024
Speaker 1: realize flories were covered with so much blood so often,

501
00:21:01,064 --> 00:21:02,624
Speaker 1: but I thought he was really wonderful.

502
00:21:02,704 --> 00:21:04,824
Speaker 3: Also, just very quickly, I wrote myself a note that

503
00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:06,824
Speaker 3: I have to share with the group. Note from me

504
00:21:06,904 --> 00:21:10,464
Speaker 3: while watching the film. Sorry, Tony Kurran looks like he

505
00:21:10,504 --> 00:21:13,264
Speaker 3: should be a resident in Cooper's Chase. Dot dot dot

506
00:21:13,344 --> 00:21:17,424
Speaker 3: WTF too old the partial owner of Cooper's Chase, who

507
00:21:17,424 --> 00:21:20,264
Speaker 3: does die? Tony Curran, who is the resident's last hope

508
00:21:20,264 --> 00:21:22,824
Speaker 3: of keeping their home before it gets knocked down for

509
00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:25,864
Speaker 3: development by the invent them. He was too old, Like

510
00:21:25,904 --> 00:21:27,584
Speaker 3: he looked like he was meant to live there.

511
00:21:27,704 --> 00:21:30,104
Speaker 1: He sort of looked like how Ron was in the books.

512
00:21:30,504 --> 00:21:33,824
Speaker 1: Maybe he auditioned for that, maybe consolation prize. If you're

513
00:21:33,864 --> 00:21:36,024
Speaker 1: gonna lose, lose to Pierce Brosnan. Now do you want

514
00:21:36,024 --> 00:21:37,024
Speaker 1: to know my nepo fact?

515
00:21:37,144 --> 00:21:39,104
Speaker 4: Yes, I'm dying to know Georgy Plice.

516
00:21:39,224 --> 00:21:41,864
Speaker 1: I love Ano and we know Joanna, who is Joyce's daughter.

517
00:21:42,504 --> 00:21:45,784
Speaker 1: Joanna is played by Ingrid Oliver, who is Richard Osmond's

518
00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:46,744
Speaker 1: real life wife.

519
00:21:46,944 --> 00:21:47,584
Speaker 3: Whoa, whoa.

520
00:21:48,184 --> 00:21:51,904
Speaker 1: I love nepotism in movies because do you just always

521
00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:54,864
Speaker 1: second screen everything you're watching because you're on Internet movie

522
00:21:54,944 --> 00:21:56,944
Speaker 1: database looking up the facts. I just want to know

523
00:21:56,984 --> 00:21:59,224
Speaker 1: who everyone is in a relationship with, Like it just

524
00:21:59,264 --> 00:22:01,344
Speaker 1: makes me feel better if I'm watching something with my husband,

525
00:22:01,344 --> 00:22:03,584
Speaker 1: to interrupt an important moment and go, do you know

526
00:22:03,624 --> 00:22:05,824
Speaker 1: that this just divorced someone from the first series of

527
00:22:05,864 --> 00:22:10,744
Speaker 1: Nano to or watch movies in the exact same way

528
00:22:10,744 --> 00:22:13,904
Speaker 1: for everyone around us. But Ingrid Oliver is an actress.

529
00:22:13,904 --> 00:22:15,784
Speaker 1: She's not just someone bought in off the street. She

530
00:22:15,904 --> 00:22:18,944
Speaker 1: was in Doctor Who, and she's really greatest Joanna, actually

531
00:22:19,224 --> 00:22:19,584
Speaker 1: she does.

532
00:22:19,584 --> 00:22:22,384
Speaker 3: She plays that part of like distant daughter who kind

533
00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:24,824
Speaker 3: of has her own thing going on very well. Okay,

534
00:22:24,824 --> 00:22:27,424
Speaker 3: so on the way next, there was one thing that

535
00:22:27,584 --> 00:22:29,824
Speaker 3: was definitely on all three of our minds while watching

536
00:22:29,824 --> 00:22:32,224
Speaker 3: this film, and we reckon it was probably on your

537
00:22:32,224 --> 00:22:35,744
Speaker 3: mind too, So we must discuss plus what is next

538
00:22:35,744 --> 00:22:38,544
Speaker 3: with a Thursday Murder Club. Luckily Georgie has all the

539
00:22:38,584 --> 00:22:42,104
Speaker 3: goss so I feel like one of the things that

540
00:22:42,224 --> 00:22:44,704
Speaker 3: keeps balancing around and we talk about the Thursday Murder

541
00:22:44,704 --> 00:22:47,584
Speaker 3: Club is age is at the center of this story. Like, yes,

542
00:22:47,624 --> 00:22:49,904
Speaker 3: there are murders, obviously because it's a murder mystery, but

543
00:22:49,944 --> 00:22:52,464
Speaker 3: like aging and the way that aging is portrayed and

544
00:22:52,584 --> 00:22:55,024
Speaker 3: played out on screen is one of the big main

545
00:22:55,064 --> 00:22:58,544
Speaker 3: anchor points for when people critique and talk about this film.

546
00:22:58,864 --> 00:23:01,144
Speaker 3: And I feel like it's done in such a clever way,

547
00:23:01,224 --> 00:23:03,544
Speaker 3: like we're set up to undermine these people from the

548
00:23:03,544 --> 00:23:07,144
Speaker 3: get go, right like the cops, their families, in Ventham

549
00:23:07,264 --> 00:23:10,144
Speaker 3: underestimates them because they're old, maybe like they're a little

550
00:23:10,144 --> 00:23:12,264
Speaker 3: bit useless and they're unable to keep up with these

551
00:23:12,304 --> 00:23:16,424
Speaker 3: modern times. But it also feels that that's their greatest superpower, Georgie.

552
00:23:16,704 --> 00:23:20,024
Speaker 1: Yet they love those ageous tropes, don't They like the

553
00:23:20,104 --> 00:23:22,944
Speaker 1: confusion when Ron pretends to the police officer that he

554
00:23:22,944 --> 00:23:25,184
Speaker 1: has no idea what's going on, and the helplessness, like

555
00:23:25,184 --> 00:23:27,584
Speaker 1: you said, when she goes to the police. They'll happily

556
00:23:27,664 --> 00:23:29,664
Speaker 1: play into them when needed, and I hope I do

557
00:23:29,704 --> 00:23:32,144
Speaker 1: the same at their age. I think it's really clever

558
00:23:32,264 --> 00:23:34,944
Speaker 1: that they get our generalizations and throw them back in

559
00:23:35,024 --> 00:23:35,864
Speaker 1: our faces like that.

560
00:23:36,344 --> 00:23:38,104
Speaker 3: It's exactly like what you were saying before as well,

561
00:23:38,104 --> 00:23:41,584
Speaker 3: like these are all people who have lived very interesting lives,

562
00:23:41,624 --> 00:23:44,264
Speaker 3: like Ibrahim was a psychiatrist, and they've all sort of

563
00:23:44,264 --> 00:23:47,504
Speaker 3: acquired these useful skills that end up making them kind

564
00:23:47,504 --> 00:23:51,344
Speaker 3: of like the perfect murder mystery team. It's never explicitly

565
00:23:51,424 --> 00:23:53,984
Speaker 3: stated in the book, but it isn't the film, Courtney,

566
00:23:53,984 --> 00:23:56,504
Speaker 3: And I wonder how you feel about this, Elizabeth. It's

567
00:23:56,784 --> 00:23:59,104
Speaker 3: a known fact that she was like basically the head

568
00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:00,904
Speaker 3: of MI six at one point in her career.

569
00:24:01,144 --> 00:24:04,824
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's huge, like imagine just wandering around your regular

570
00:24:04,864 --> 00:24:07,624
Speaker 4: workplace knowing that someone used to be like this crazy,

571
00:24:07,744 --> 00:24:08,424
Speaker 4: amazing spa.

572
00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:10,704
Speaker 1: She was like a super spot. She wasn't just us by,

573
00:24:10,824 --> 00:24:11,544
Speaker 1: she was thus By.

574
00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:12,904
Speaker 4: Yeah, she was the big dog.

575
00:24:13,104 --> 00:24:15,264
Speaker 3: If you were going to solve murders with somebody, I

576
00:24:15,304 --> 00:24:17,144
Speaker 3: reckon that's someone you'd want to have on your team.

577
00:24:17,424 --> 00:24:21,024
Speaker 4: Absolutely, And I think it's just a really clever way that,

578
00:24:21,504 --> 00:24:24,304
Speaker 4: as you say, Georgie, they play into these generalizations and

579
00:24:24,344 --> 00:24:26,624
Speaker 4: it allows them to be a bit undercover in their

580
00:24:26,664 --> 00:24:32,184
Speaker 4: own clever, really intelligent way and subvert what everyone's assuming

581
00:24:32,184 --> 00:24:32,504
Speaker 4: of them.

582
00:24:32,784 --> 00:24:35,384
Speaker 3: I completely agree with you. There's actually this one really

583
00:24:35,384 --> 00:24:37,224
Speaker 3: great scene. It was one of my favorite parts from

584
00:24:37,224 --> 00:24:40,024
Speaker 3: the film, where they go into town and Elizabeth and

585
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:43,264
Speaker 3: Joyce are like hatching their plot to speak to Donna.

586
00:24:43,344 --> 00:24:45,184
Speaker 3: But to do that, they've got to get past the

587
00:24:45,224 --> 00:24:47,984
Speaker 3: police officer at the front gate, and they do that

588
00:24:48,064 --> 00:24:49,464
Speaker 3: thing that they do so well.

589
00:24:49,504 --> 00:24:52,304
Speaker 4: They act like silly, batty old ladies.

590
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Speaker 6: Young man, young man, please help me by my bag's

591
00:24:56,384 --> 00:25:00,264
Speaker 6: just start oh type marks and Spencer's yes, yes, marks,

592
00:25:00,304 --> 00:25:05,504
Speaker 6: and Spencer's my pension, oh my cash everything else? Please help?

593
00:25:06,224 --> 00:25:08,784
Speaker 1: Yes? Of course, of course, let me take your details.

594
00:25:09,304 --> 00:25:11,384
Speaker 6: No, no, I've I want to see her female.

595
00:25:11,464 --> 00:25:12,304
Speaker 1: Please constantly.

596
00:25:12,464 --> 00:25:13,144
Speaker 6: I promise you.

597
00:25:13,304 --> 00:25:16,064
Speaker 1: I'm fully qualified and have a very gentle temperament.

598
00:25:16,184 --> 00:25:18,464
Speaker 5: No, it has to be a woman, but she's a nun.

599
00:25:19,024 --> 00:25:22,184
Speaker 1: I love that scene. I think it's played beautifully to

600
00:25:22,224 --> 00:25:25,064
Speaker 1: comic effect. Another thing that I really love. Don't you

601
00:25:25,064 --> 00:25:27,504
Speaker 1: feel like every decade of your life you get a

602
00:25:27,504 --> 00:25:29,704
Speaker 1: little bit closer to that sort of like I'm going

603
00:25:29,744 --> 00:25:31,624
Speaker 1: to do what I want when I want to do it.

604
00:25:31,624 --> 00:25:34,344
Speaker 1: It looks so freeing and I can't wait to be

605
00:25:34,384 --> 00:25:34,904
Speaker 1: their age.

606
00:25:35,024 --> 00:25:37,384
Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like every decade you just give less. Fox,

607
00:25:37,424 --> 00:25:40,544
Speaker 4: You're like, well, time is finite, It's precious. I'm just

608
00:25:40,584 --> 00:25:43,784
Speaker 4: gonna be honest. Water aerobics. I'm just going to paint

609
00:25:43,944 --> 00:25:46,744
Speaker 4: this man's penis into the painting, even though he's got

610
00:25:47,024 --> 00:25:51,144
Speaker 4: a thingy on what's it called a bandana following cloth.

611
00:25:51,344 --> 00:25:52,504
Speaker 1: Paint that penis.

612
00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:54,464
Speaker 3: Into the picture. Why the words have never been spoken?

613
00:25:54,584 --> 00:25:57,184
Speaker 3: Thank you, Courtney Amnhauser. There's another point that I want

614
00:25:57,224 --> 00:25:59,544
Speaker 3: to touch on when it comes to the idea of aging,

615
00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:03,704
Speaker 3: and there's a real care and tenderness in how these

616
00:26:03,744 --> 00:26:04,904
Speaker 3: relationships between.

617
00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:05,824
Speaker 1: These characters play out.

618
00:26:06,344 --> 00:26:08,864
Speaker 3: Joyce for instance, and I'm always going to make Joyce

619
00:26:08,864 --> 00:26:11,144
Speaker 3: I love Joyce in case that wasn't apparent. I think

620
00:26:11,184 --> 00:26:14,464
Speaker 3: it's really honest, and I think, unfortunately, for a lot

621
00:26:14,464 --> 00:26:17,504
Speaker 3: of people, will be quite relatable the relationship between her

622
00:26:17,584 --> 00:26:21,544
Speaker 3: and her daughter Joanna. Like she's constantly seeking approval from Joanna.

623
00:26:21,624 --> 00:26:23,064
Speaker 1: She just wants to spend time with her.

624
00:26:23,184 --> 00:26:25,704
Speaker 3: Joanna's got her own thing going on in the city,

625
00:26:25,944 --> 00:26:28,304
Speaker 3: and although we don't see too much of their relationship

626
00:26:28,384 --> 00:26:30,704
Speaker 3: in the film, the parts that we do see really

627
00:26:30,784 --> 00:26:34,584
Speaker 3: surmise that idea of well, she's getting older, she's not

628
00:26:34,784 --> 00:26:37,184
Speaker 3: needed as much as she probably once was as a

629
00:26:37,264 --> 00:26:39,344
Speaker 3: mum and a nurse and a caregiver to her family.

630
00:26:39,824 --> 00:26:42,504
Speaker 1: I think that is a really tricky relationship to watch,

631
00:26:42,544 --> 00:26:46,424
Speaker 1: and they portrayed it really well because Joyce's daughter doesn't

632
00:26:46,504 --> 00:26:49,344
Speaker 1: visit her enough, and I think that makes me feel

633
00:26:49,344 --> 00:26:51,824
Speaker 1: guilty about family members of mine. I think it makes

634
00:26:51,864 --> 00:26:54,824
Speaker 1: a lot of people go, what time are we wasting

635
00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:57,584
Speaker 1: with the people that we love. It's actually really quite

636
00:26:57,584 --> 00:26:58,344
Speaker 1: difficult to watch.

637
00:26:58,424 --> 00:27:00,544
Speaker 3: But we talk about the Sandwich generation a lot, right,

638
00:27:00,544 --> 00:27:02,504
Speaker 3: and I feel like we're seeing that play out in

639
00:27:02,584 --> 00:27:05,584
Speaker 3: real time here because Joanna, although she doesn't have a

640
00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:07,504
Speaker 3: family of her own. She's got a life going on

641
00:27:07,904 --> 00:27:09,704
Speaker 3: in one part of the country, her mum is in

642
00:27:09,744 --> 00:27:11,984
Speaker 3: the other part, and getting that balancing act right, Like

643
00:27:12,024 --> 00:27:15,264
Speaker 3: you said, Georgie is something that people really reconcile with

644
00:27:15,264 --> 00:27:16,944
Speaker 3: of how to actually do that correctly.

645
00:27:17,384 --> 00:27:19,464
Speaker 1: Yeah. With all the sort of fun and light sides

646
00:27:19,464 --> 00:27:21,784
Speaker 1: of aging that they show, they show all the serious

647
00:27:21,784 --> 00:27:22,344
Speaker 1: ones too.

648
00:27:22,704 --> 00:27:25,384
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's another key relationship that we actually haven't touched

649
00:27:25,384 --> 00:27:27,664
Speaker 3: on yet, but it does follow that same thread about

650
00:27:28,224 --> 00:27:31,144
Speaker 3: the depictions of aging on screen. I'm talking, of course

651
00:27:31,184 --> 00:27:34,184
Speaker 3: about Elizabeth and her husband Steven. Oh.

652
00:27:34,504 --> 00:27:37,024
Speaker 4: That's where I was brought to tears in my final

653
00:27:37,184 --> 00:27:38,544
Speaker 4: scene when they're dancing together.

654
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:42,304
Speaker 1: He is a stunning character. He's amazing, beautifully played by

655
00:27:42,384 --> 00:27:46,464
Speaker 1: Jonathan Price, so subtle. The relationship between him and Helen

656
00:27:46,544 --> 00:27:49,824
Speaker 1: Mirren was just really magnetic to watch on screen. It's

657
00:27:49,944 --> 00:27:52,904
Speaker 1: very touching, but it's really hard to watch someone love

658
00:27:53,104 --> 00:27:57,144
Speaker 1: another person who is slipping into dementia and coping with

659
00:27:57,184 --> 00:27:59,104
Speaker 1: it in the way that she copes with it, and

660
00:27:59,264 --> 00:28:02,144
Speaker 1: Elizabeth's way of coping with it is grinding up sleeping

661
00:28:02,184 --> 00:28:06,304
Speaker 1: pills to keep Stephen resting, and in their apartment so

662
00:28:06,344 --> 00:28:09,024
Speaker 1: no one realizes the extent of his dementia and he's

663
00:28:09,024 --> 00:28:11,664
Speaker 1: not taken away from her. I'm actually getting choked up

664
00:28:11,664 --> 00:28:14,904
Speaker 1: even thinking about it. That's really really hard.

665
00:28:15,384 --> 00:28:17,544
Speaker 3: Yeah, she makes so much mention as well of like

666
00:28:17,664 --> 00:28:19,904
Speaker 3: just wanting to be with Stephen and just want to

667
00:28:19,944 --> 00:28:21,864
Speaker 3: sit with Stephen and have a coffee with him, And

668
00:28:21,904 --> 00:28:23,584
Speaker 3: it would be lovely if bog Dawn would come and

669
00:28:23,664 --> 00:28:25,704
Speaker 3: visit him and play chess with him and just keep

670
00:28:25,744 --> 00:28:28,264
Speaker 3: him engaged in whatever way that she can to continue

671
00:28:28,544 --> 00:28:30,584
Speaker 3: as much time as she can at home with him.

672
00:28:31,024 --> 00:28:33,144
Speaker 1: The biggest thing that I took out of this movie

673
00:28:33,664 --> 00:28:35,824
Speaker 1: is that the characters in the Thursday Murder Club aren't

674
00:28:35,864 --> 00:28:39,224
Speaker 1: scared of dying. They're scared of dementia. They're scared of

675
00:28:39,304 --> 00:28:43,024
Speaker 1: slowly dying. And that is a lot. Well, you're right.

676
00:28:43,064 --> 00:28:45,504
Speaker 3: I mean, like, we look again at Elizabeth's friend and

677
00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:48,944
Speaker 3: former member of the Thursday Murder Club, Penny, who becomes

678
00:28:49,064 --> 00:28:52,464
Speaker 3: for a character that doesn't actually have any spoken lines

679
00:28:52,504 --> 00:28:54,784
Speaker 3: in this film, she becomes quite an integral part of

680
00:28:54,824 --> 00:28:57,464
Speaker 3: the plot line, like she's fallen victim to that, and

681
00:28:57,464 --> 00:29:00,144
Speaker 3: we see how her husband and how her best friend

682
00:29:00,184 --> 00:29:03,584
Speaker 3: Elizabeth really try and reconcile with their friend that is

683
00:29:03,664 --> 00:29:04,624
Speaker 3: gone but.

684
00:29:04,784 --> 00:29:09,144
Speaker 4: Ear longer there totally. And Penny's husband's behavior mimics what

685
00:29:09,224 --> 00:29:12,344
Speaker 4: Helen Miron's character is doing as well, and that enduring

686
00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:15,544
Speaker 4: love and the lengths people will go. And I feel

687
00:29:15,544 --> 00:29:19,184
Speaker 4: emotional now thinking about it too, Georgie. But to keep

688
00:29:19,184 --> 00:29:23,184
Speaker 4: that person that you love, you're beloved by your side, like, oh,

689
00:29:23,224 --> 00:29:24,024
Speaker 4: how is Stephen?

690
00:29:25,464 --> 00:29:26,144
Speaker 6: Oh you know.

691
00:29:28,504 --> 00:29:31,104
Speaker 5: That's a that's a slope, isn't it? That type of

692
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:34,064
Speaker 5: dementia And he's not climbing back up. He has his

693
00:29:34,104 --> 00:29:36,904
Speaker 5: good days and his bad days. And sometimes he's there,

694
00:29:37,024 --> 00:29:41,744
Speaker 5: my Stephen, as I love him, smart, clear, and then

695
00:29:41,784 --> 00:29:43,384
Speaker 5: I turn around and he's gone again.

696
00:29:45,304 --> 00:29:45,584
Speaker 6: Gone.

697
00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:50,904
Speaker 4: So oftentimes when a book is adapted to screen, the

698
00:29:50,944 --> 00:29:53,064
Speaker 4: people who've read the book have a lot of feelings

699
00:29:53,104 --> 00:29:57,104
Speaker 4: about how it measured up. What what crazy? That's not

700
00:29:57,144 --> 00:29:59,864
Speaker 4: been us this entire podcast at all. I want to

701
00:29:59,904 --> 00:30:02,744
Speaker 4: know what do you guys think overall? Did it stack up?

702
00:30:02,944 --> 00:30:06,024
Speaker 4: Did it live up to your expectations? What do you think, Georgie?

703
00:30:06,504 --> 00:30:09,064
Speaker 1: In one hundred percent did live up to my expectations?

704
00:30:09,464 --> 00:30:12,704
Speaker 1: The biggest difference is the reason that anyone committed a

705
00:30:12,704 --> 00:30:15,304
Speaker 1: crime like they didn't have the time of the book.

706
00:30:15,344 --> 00:30:17,424
Speaker 1: I totally get that the book is a lot more

707
00:30:17,464 --> 00:30:20,264
Speaker 1: complex in terms of every crime, but this is like

708
00:30:20,304 --> 00:30:22,624
Speaker 1: a mainstream movie. I don't want to be sitting around

709
00:30:22,664 --> 00:30:24,904
Speaker 1: for four hours while you explain it all. They wrapped

710
00:30:24,904 --> 00:30:26,704
Speaker 1: it up in less than two hours, and I think

711
00:30:26,744 --> 00:30:29,304
Speaker 1: they were just really mainstream reasons for the crime. I

712
00:30:29,304 --> 00:30:31,104
Speaker 1: think they were really clever and really good.

713
00:30:31,464 --> 00:30:34,064
Speaker 3: Yeah. I think given the time constraints and you don't

714
00:30:34,064 --> 00:30:36,744
Speaker 3: have the luxury of one hundred and twenty chapters or whatever,

715
00:30:37,024 --> 00:30:38,464
Speaker 3: that you do the best with what you can. And

716
00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:41,104
Speaker 3: I think that this adaptation does what it says in

717
00:30:41,144 --> 00:30:43,504
Speaker 3: the tin. As Georgie you would say, it is exactly

718
00:30:43,504 --> 00:30:45,144
Speaker 3: where it needs to be, the best place to be

719
00:30:45,184 --> 00:30:48,144
Speaker 3: consumed in one sort of sitting. What I will say

720
00:30:48,224 --> 00:30:52,424
Speaker 3: is when it comes to murder mystery specifically as a genre,

721
00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:55,904
Speaker 3: I actually think it's okay if you mess with the

722
00:30:55,944 --> 00:30:59,584
Speaker 3: plot and you change around how or why people get murdered,

723
00:30:59,664 --> 00:31:02,184
Speaker 3: or maybe even who is the murderer, Because if you're

724
00:31:02,224 --> 00:31:04,664
Speaker 3: a hardcore fan of the book, you know that, and

725
00:31:04,824 --> 00:31:06,624
Speaker 3: you get to sit with that and love and appreciate

726
00:31:06,664 --> 00:31:08,784
Speaker 3: it for what it is, and then you get something

727
00:31:08,824 --> 00:31:11,304
Speaker 3: different from the film. Always want to watch the same

728
00:31:11,344 --> 00:31:13,704
Speaker 3: thing play out and play out and play out, And

729
00:31:13,744 --> 00:31:15,544
Speaker 3: if not, then it's just like you get to tell

730
00:31:15,584 --> 00:31:17,104
Speaker 3: more people to read the book then, right.

731
00:31:17,304 --> 00:31:20,184
Speaker 4: So true, you can experience them as different pieces of work.

732
00:31:20,264 --> 00:31:21,424
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're separate entities.

733
00:31:21,424 --> 00:31:24,624
Speaker 3: I mean, like Richard Osmond was an executive producer on this,

734
00:31:24,744 --> 00:31:26,424
Speaker 3: but he didn't write the screenplay.

735
00:31:26,664 --> 00:31:28,904
Speaker 1: No, he chose not to write the screenplay because he said,

736
00:31:28,904 --> 00:31:30,544
Speaker 1: if I did it, it would be eight hours long, which

737
00:31:30,584 --> 00:31:30,864
Speaker 1: is true.

738
00:31:30,944 --> 00:31:32,304
Speaker 4: Georgie, what are the reviews saying?

739
00:31:32,744 --> 00:31:34,944
Speaker 1: Look, they're really mixed. I've got to say, and you

740
00:31:34,984 --> 00:31:38,704
Speaker 1: know what, I think this movie gives me exactly what

741
00:31:38,744 --> 00:31:41,544
Speaker 1: I want from it, and I think critics are meanies.

742
00:31:42,024 --> 00:31:44,784
Speaker 1: I feel like they are ranking The Thursday Murder Club

743
00:31:44,864 --> 00:31:48,904
Speaker 1: up against The Godfather. You know what, It's cozy, it's fun,

744
00:31:49,184 --> 00:31:53,744
Speaker 1: it's beautifully shot, it's really enjoyable, it's funny. I want

745
00:31:53,744 --> 00:31:55,984
Speaker 1: to give it five out of five for what it's

746
00:31:56,104 --> 00:31:58,904
Speaker 1: giving me. And what it's giving me is exactly what

747
00:31:58,904 --> 00:31:59,784
Speaker 1: the trailer promises.

748
00:32:00,104 --> 00:32:02,704
Speaker 3: So what you're saying is, don't go in expecting this

749
00:32:02,744 --> 00:32:04,424
Speaker 3: to be an Oscar contender.

750
00:32:04,824 --> 00:32:07,264
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean the performances are pretty good.

751
00:32:07,544 --> 00:32:11,344
Speaker 1: It's Pierce Prosna, isn't it. I'd give his hair me

752
00:32:11,464 --> 00:32:12,104
Speaker 1: too well.

753
00:32:12,104 --> 00:32:16,224
Speaker 3: Speaking of it being a cozy watch, something that I

754
00:32:16,264 --> 00:32:18,624
Speaker 3: picture when you say that is quite literally sitting on

755
00:32:18,664 --> 00:32:21,144
Speaker 3: my couch and watching this at home, which is perfect.

756
00:32:21,144 --> 00:32:24,344
Speaker 3: Because it's a Netflix original film. It had a limited

757
00:32:24,464 --> 00:32:26,944
Speaker 3: cinematic release in the UK, but otherwise the rest of

758
00:32:27,024 --> 00:32:28,944
Speaker 3: us will be watching it at home on our tellies

759
00:32:29,344 --> 00:32:30,984
Speaker 3: or at work. A few jobs like this and you

760
00:32:31,024 --> 00:32:33,104
Speaker 3: get to watch it at work. Do you think this

761
00:32:33,144 --> 00:32:35,424
Speaker 3: would have worked in cinema or is this something that

762
00:32:35,424 --> 00:32:36,784
Speaker 3: should only be consumed at home.

763
00:32:37,144 --> 00:32:40,104
Speaker 1: I am so thankful that we have screeners like Netflix

764
00:32:40,144 --> 00:32:42,064
Speaker 1: now and I can watch it at home. I've got

765
00:32:42,144 --> 00:32:44,064
Speaker 1: young kids, so I used to go to the movies

766
00:32:44,104 --> 00:32:46,624
Speaker 1: a lot. I now rarely go to the movies and

767
00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:49,104
Speaker 1: it has to be a very big event to get

768
00:32:49,104 --> 00:32:52,264
Speaker 1: me there. This is so perfect to watch on your

769
00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,984
Speaker 1: couch with tea and cake. There's a lot of cake

770
00:32:54,984 --> 00:32:56,864
Speaker 1: in the movie. I love make to want more cake

771
00:32:57,104 --> 00:32:57,664
Speaker 1: the whole time.

772
00:32:57,664 --> 00:33:00,104
Speaker 4: The lemon drizzle cake, Oh famous Lamblish.

773
00:33:00,184 --> 00:33:00,904
Speaker 1: Just give me somewhere.

774
00:33:01,024 --> 00:33:03,024
Speaker 4: I actually said to my partner when we're watching it,

775
00:33:03,104 --> 00:33:04,864
Speaker 4: I said, I think I need to get into baking.

776
00:33:04,904 --> 00:33:08,024
Speaker 4: That looks so fun and just joyful the layers.

777
00:33:08,304 --> 00:33:10,704
Speaker 3: Do you know something else that I noted while watching

778
00:33:10,744 --> 00:33:14,584
Speaker 3: this is that it looked like a Netflix film. Now

779
00:33:14,744 --> 00:33:16,384
Speaker 3: if I said that, does that mean anything to either

780
00:33:16,424 --> 00:33:20,744
Speaker 3: of you? Okay, that's crickets. I feel like Whez Andersen

781
00:33:20,824 --> 00:33:23,984
Speaker 3: films have a very specific, strong aesthetic, like it's bright

782
00:33:24,064 --> 00:33:27,024
Speaker 3: colors and it's super camp yep. So I feel like

783
00:33:27,144 --> 00:33:30,224
Speaker 3: there are certain sections of the Netflix film and TV

784
00:33:30,504 --> 00:33:33,384
Speaker 3: original canon that do that as well. I think about

785
00:33:33,424 --> 00:33:37,064
Speaker 3: like Knives Out or The Gentleman, for instance, which I've

786
00:33:37,064 --> 00:33:39,984
Speaker 3: mentioned twice today because it's a really great series. Do

787
00:33:40,024 --> 00:33:41,304
Speaker 3: you know where I'm going with? So you picking up

788
00:33:41,304 --> 00:33:41,984
Speaker 3: what I'm putting down?

789
00:33:42,224 --> 00:33:44,904
Speaker 4: I think so. I think I personally would have loved

790
00:33:44,944 --> 00:33:47,664
Speaker 4: it to be in cinema just to take my grandma too,

791
00:33:47,944 --> 00:33:49,904
Speaker 4: But also I can go to her house and watch

792
00:33:49,904 --> 00:33:51,464
Speaker 4: it with her on the couch and it be just

793
00:33:51,504 --> 00:33:54,344
Speaker 4: as special and we can eat cake and drink tea.

794
00:33:54,464 --> 00:33:55,944
Speaker 1: Do you want to hear a really good thing about

795
00:33:55,984 --> 00:33:58,264
Speaker 1: the look? Yes? And I'm obsessed with the look, like

796
00:33:58,304 --> 00:34:00,424
Speaker 1: I wanted to live in every one of their apartments.

797
00:34:00,624 --> 00:34:03,464
Speaker 1: I'd go like, oh Joyce's oh no, Elizabeth, Like it

798
00:34:03,544 --> 00:34:06,744
Speaker 1: was just every scene looked so beautiful. So Kuberschase was

799
00:34:06,784 --> 00:34:10,384
Speaker 1: filmed at this beautiful Engelfield house in Berkshire. What the

800
00:34:10,184 --> 00:34:12,504
Speaker 1: set painters did is they went and they took pictures

801
00:34:12,544 --> 00:34:15,664
Speaker 1: from every window and every time you look outside in

802
00:34:15,744 --> 00:34:20,104
Speaker 1: the movie, that's actually painted set. So they have painted.

803
00:34:20,424 --> 00:34:22,864
Speaker 1: What you see from every window of this historic building

804
00:34:22,904 --> 00:34:24,864
Speaker 1: they have painted. And then when you see people do

805
00:34:24,944 --> 00:34:27,624
Speaker 1: tai chi or driving golf carts and stuff that's in

806
00:34:27,744 --> 00:34:31,184
Speaker 1: front of this big mural along the back which they

807
00:34:31,224 --> 00:34:32,984
Speaker 1: have painted, isn't that so clever?

808
00:34:33,144 --> 00:34:33,944
Speaker 4: That's phenomenal.

809
00:34:34,064 --> 00:34:36,144
Speaker 3: I would have never guessed that was a painted set.

810
00:34:36,384 --> 00:34:38,264
Speaker 1: And if you go and watch it again, there's one

811
00:34:38,304 --> 00:34:40,824
Speaker 1: scene where they're all standing in a room and through

812
00:34:40,824 --> 00:34:43,304
Speaker 1: the window you can see all these police cars. They

813
00:34:43,304 --> 00:34:46,224
Speaker 1: are all cardboard cutouts. How clever are set painters?

814
00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:46,944
Speaker 4: Oh my god?

815
00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:48,984
Speaker 3: I saw Georgie has a note here and it just

816
00:34:49,024 --> 00:34:50,864
Speaker 3: says police cars and I was like, wonder, I's just

817
00:34:50,864 --> 00:34:51,704
Speaker 3: going to go with that.

818
00:34:51,704 --> 00:34:52,864
Speaker 1: That was not on my finger car.

819
00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:54,944
Speaker 4: She also has rude words. I want to know about that.

820
00:34:55,864 --> 00:34:57,464
Speaker 1: I want to tell you about the word plunkert, which

821
00:34:57,464 --> 00:34:59,904
Speaker 1: you'll hear two minutes into the movie. So when they

822
00:34:59,904 --> 00:35:02,704
Speaker 1: were filming, Chris Columbus had to yell cut when Pierce

823
00:35:02,704 --> 00:35:07,024
Speaker 1: Brosnan ad libbed the word plunker and go what is

824
00:35:07,064 --> 00:35:09,704
Speaker 1: a plonker? And when he found out it's such a

825
00:35:09,704 --> 00:35:12,424
Speaker 1: good word. I don't even know what the Australian equivalent

826
00:35:12,464 --> 00:35:16,144
Speaker 1: would be. It's sort of affectionate, but like lovable idiot,

827
00:35:16,224 --> 00:35:20,904
Speaker 1: like daft, it's like tossa. It's like tossa. Absolutely, so

828
00:35:21,024 --> 00:35:23,184
Speaker 1: he thought it was so good he got Kes Brosident

829
00:35:23,224 --> 00:35:26,144
Speaker 1: to use that again. And then apparently Helen Mirren ad

830
00:35:26,184 --> 00:35:29,624
Speaker 1: libbed the line calling police wankers, and so many people

831
00:35:29,624 --> 00:35:32,784
Speaker 1: on set got offended that. Chris Columbus was like, this

832
00:35:32,944 --> 00:35:34,264
Speaker 1: is brilliant. We are keeping this.

833
00:35:35,184 --> 00:35:37,104
Speaker 4: I love that, Like that's the side of a good director.

834
00:35:37,184 --> 00:35:37,304
Speaker 6: Right.

835
00:35:37,384 --> 00:35:39,424
Speaker 3: It's like, no, no, no, you've outraged people. We've done

836
00:35:39,424 --> 00:35:40,704
Speaker 3: something here.

837
00:35:41,064 --> 00:35:42,144
Speaker 4: This is the focus group.

838
00:35:43,424 --> 00:35:46,384
Speaker 1: Okay, Georgie, you told me explicitly.

839
00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:49,344
Speaker 3: I was not allowed, as in like I was actually

840
00:35:49,384 --> 00:35:52,864
Speaker 3: banned like a naughty child from reading the second book

841
00:35:53,104 --> 00:35:57,464
Speaker 3: until we recorded this podcast. So I am desperate, now

842
00:35:57,544 --> 00:35:59,944
Speaker 3: do you mean desperate to know what is next in

843
00:35:59,944 --> 00:36:03,144
Speaker 3: this franchise. This is like book one of five in

844
00:36:03,184 --> 00:36:06,544
Speaker 3: the Thursday Murder Club universe. Are we going to get

845
00:36:06,704 --> 00:36:08,784
Speaker 3: Thursday Metaclub number two on Netflix?

846
00:36:08,784 --> 00:36:11,544
Speaker 1: Would you like the quote from Chris Colub? Yes? The

847
00:36:11,624 --> 00:36:14,504
Speaker 1: quote is all signs seem to point in that direction.

848
00:36:14,904 --> 00:36:17,424
Speaker 4: Oh yes, hell yeah. Do you know what I'm really

849
00:36:17,424 --> 00:36:18,064
Speaker 4: impressed by?

850
00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:18,904
Speaker 1: You said?

851
00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:21,304
Speaker 4: The first book came out in twenty twenty and there's

852
00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:22,264
Speaker 4: already how many books?

853
00:36:22,944 --> 00:36:26,064
Speaker 1: Well, very excitingly, You're gonna have to get Taylor onto

854
00:36:26,104 --> 00:36:28,424
Speaker 1: the second book really fast. The fifth book comes out

855
00:36:28,464 --> 00:36:31,584
Speaker 1: next month, September twenty fifth. It's called The Impossible Fortune.

856
00:36:31,664 --> 00:36:33,304
Speaker 1: So we're about to see the movies of the Man

857
00:36:33,304 --> 00:36:35,744
Speaker 1: Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, and The Last

858
00:36:35,744 --> 00:36:38,904
Speaker 1: Devil to Die. Bring them all on as their own movies,

859
00:36:38,984 --> 00:36:41,864
Speaker 1: I'm hoping. Also, if you are really deep in the

860
00:36:41,904 --> 00:36:44,344
Speaker 1: fandom like me, what, I'm in Facebook groups for this thing,

861
00:36:44,424 --> 00:36:45,384
Speaker 1: no worries truly.

862
00:36:45,424 --> 00:36:47,264
Speaker 3: Georgelie came over to my jest today and was like,

863
00:36:47,424 --> 00:36:50,424
Speaker 3: I've joined Facebook groups. I thought, she said, I joined Facebook,

864
00:36:50,464 --> 00:36:51,984
Speaker 3: and I was, You're about twenty years later?

865
00:36:51,984 --> 00:36:52,624
Speaker 4: What year is it?

866
00:36:53,624 --> 00:36:56,144
Speaker 3: But no, no, she's like in Thursday Murder Club Facebook

867
00:36:56,144 --> 00:36:58,024
Speaker 3: groups now, which is great because we're going to be

868
00:36:58,064 --> 00:36:58,344
Speaker 3: there too.

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Speaker 1: I imagine they have all my people. I love it

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Speaker 1: so much. So some of the best scenes will obviously

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Speaker 1: cut from this, like all movies, because they just don't

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Speaker 1: have the time. Chris Columbus has said that he has

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Speaker 1: created some Thursday Murder Club shorts. The first one is

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Speaker 1: called for fans of Matthew Mackey The Priest Who Wasn't

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Speaker 1: a Priest, which is coming out on Netflix, which is

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Speaker 1: awesome so you can actually dive deeper into the film,

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Speaker 1: which I really love. And big news, guys, the Thursday

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Speaker 1: Murder Club is being made into a stage show. Get out,

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Speaker 1: It's being made into a play. Stop great is that so?

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Speaker 1: Richard Osmond said that he recently went to see The

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Speaker 1: mouse Trap, which is the longest running play of all time,

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Speaker 1: the Agatha Christie who done it, to see how they

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Speaker 1: did it on stage. He's working on a play at

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Speaker 1: the moment of The Thursday Murder Club. Let's all go.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Courtney as our resident theatre correspondent, like that,

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Speaker 3: how excited? I mean, like I'm excited. How excited are you?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

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Speaker 4: I'm so excited. And I mean they've already got the

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Speaker 4: set painting wheel that up and that's the show. You

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Speaker 4: can take your grandparent too. How cute. They'd love a

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Speaker 4: matinee of that.

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Speaker 1: I'd love a Mattino ma same.

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Speaker 3: Hey, thank you so much for listening to the very

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Speaker 3: first episode of the Spill's watch party. We're going to

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Speaker 3: be here every time a new TV show or a

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Speaker 3: big movie drops and you require an emergency debrief session.

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Speaker 3: Speaking of which, what are we all looking forward to,

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Speaker 3: because there's so much Tellian film on the horizon that

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Speaker 3: we will absolutely need to cover. For me, it is

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Speaker 3: rich people behaving badly. It's the White Lotus Georgie.

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Speaker 1: Oh, it's all about Benedict and Sophie on Bridgeton. I

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Speaker 1: cannot wait. Hopefully early next year, the fandom says.

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Speaker 4: And I want life imitating art in nobody wants this

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Speaker 4: the show about podcasting.

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, I was gonna ask, did you marry a Rabbi?

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Speaker 4: Not that I remember.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'll pick that one up later. Hey, make sure

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Speaker 3: you follow us so you never miss an episode. Don't

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Speaker 3: forget to follow the Spill on Instagram and TikTok. That'll

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Speaker 3: while you're over there, slide into our dms and tell

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Speaker 3: us the shows and films that you are desperate to

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Speaker 3: hear more about too. Watch Party is produced by the

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Speaker 3: wonderful Minishas Warren, with sound production by Scott Stronik and

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Speaker 3: video production by Michael Keene. We'll be back here when

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Speaker 3: the next big show drops, because when the world is watching,

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Speaker 3: you best believe so are we.

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Speaker 1: Bye Bye Bye