Comments on: Stars shine on Tennessee and Bill Kenwright

By: admin

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:03:38 +0000

Hi Andrew - to be fair, the blog post was entered in full as a WOS user review of Too Close to the Sun - see here: http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831248684950/Too+Close+to+the+Sun.html

By: Andrew (a West End Whinger)

Andrew (a West End Whinger) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:45:05 +0000

“Brilliantly dubbed by one of our readers as Ernie Get Your Gun”.

Which reader was that then, Michael?

We believe you will find the origin of the pun is here: http://blowstar.blogspot.com/2009/07/overnight-failure.html Whether or not he is a reader of WOS.com we couldn’t say.

The earliest reference on WOS we can find is here:
http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=7313&view=findpost&p=81688
by someone called freckles who wrote “I see that on Twitter its being re-named “Ernie get your gun” !!!!!!!”

As you say, it’s a “brilliant” gag, so worth going to the trouble of attribution. Just for the record, you know.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:09:59 +0000

Disagree completely with your review. Rachel Weisz gives probably the best interpretation of Blanche DuBois i have ever seen and its even better than Glenn Close.

Great and powerful performance that did have me in tears afterward.