tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post4351846471107113428..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: "Conan, And Why You Should Read Him" with Charles HoffmanTaranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-72815290338561022112012-06-28T19:21:56.316+01:002012-06-28T19:21:56.316+01:00I'd be interested to see this show coming to o...I'd be interested to see this show coming to our shores, yes... Though I doubt it'd find the backwaters of Belfast. <br /><br />That said, not a great likeness - not what anyone could do with a wig and moustache. John Cussack isn't quite it either (and no! No Johnny Depp!). I think Elijah Wood would portray a pretty cool Poe (also acting-wise), and with a little bit of ripening Dan Radcliffe. It's in the eyes, I think!... <br /><br />We're enjoying the bits of Conan lecture! Keep posting!... <br />RemcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-20953182242497667392012-06-27T05:53:04.627+01:002012-06-27T05:53:04.627+01:00Yeah, I've heard good things as well about Com...Yeah, I've heard good things as well about Combs' Poe. Bearing in mind that judging a stage performance on the small screen is always tricky (moments that look a bit OTT on screen are usually just fine when seen from the standpoint of an audience in a theatre), this does look rather good. My only caveat is that the Southern drawl sounds a bit overdone to my ear. From what I've read, Poe spoke with more a genteel, "tidewater" type accent (think, say, FDR with a slight Southern overlay).<br /><br />Speaking of Poe, Walter de la Mare wrote an absolutely champion short story called "A Revenant," where the ghost of Poe has a bone or two to pick with a literary critic's views of his work. Surely one of the more gratifying tales of authorial revenge against prejudiced literary "authorities."<br /><br />SyonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com