Christmas and Emma Thompson seem to go together. The celebrated two-time Oscar winning actress co-starred not only in 2019’s Last Christmas, but in what he become a certified holiday classic,…
Last Christmas,, a yuletide-set romantic comedy that has become so beloved, returning year after year, that ABC News recently devoted an entire Diane Sawyer hour to examining it.
The movie is essentially a two-hander with Thompson playing Nancy, a 60ish retired school teacher, in a nice if dull marriage, who looks for a chance to liven up her life for some adventure and a little sex by hiring a sex worker Leo Grande . Shot during the pandemic, it is actually the perfect vehicle for the situation. Essentially it is two actors in one hotel room. When I spoke to Dame Emma recently I suggested it could have been a play. Katy Brand wrote it, and Sophie Hyde directed.
“I’ve said before this is the person who’s next to the person who’s doing the interesting thing, and suddenly the perspective has shifted and you see this very ordinary woman who’s lived and there’s nothing tragic about her. Absolutely nothing. She’s had a life that people would say she’s been a pillar of society. She’s done exactly what we need to keep everything going. A woman who behaves well, supports her husband, brings up her children, and shuts up. Well done. Big fat tick.
“There’s a huge percentage of women who don’t or can’t orgasm, so it’s a really good and interesting discussion to have, but of course it’s not just about that. It’s about self-acceptance and it’s not easily achieved. It’s not easily achievable in consumer society. It’s different in other parts of the world. If you’re going to talk about the whole world, you’re talking a very different response to this film.
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