Tuesday, October 23, 2018

TEA WITH THE DAMES


TEA WITH THE DAMES:  What do you do if four legends of the British stage and screen get together?  If they are Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright, you put on the kettle and make a documentary!  And what a splendid doc it is!  Loaded with reminiscences, it uses all the adverbs......funny, sarcastic, poignant, clever, smart, caustic, irreverent, savage, iconic, old and unbelievably fresh.  The film also has wonderful clips from their early careers working with the likes of Olivier and Gielgud  (and a particularly funny story about Dame Edith Evans)You will leave the theater wishing the film had been longer so you could savor these wonderful women and their incredible careers.  If you love the theater and/or the Brits, this is a must see.  I'm still smiling.!

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