Former Cheers actress Kirstie Alley is to play the lead role in a US version of hit BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley. Alley, 56, will star as a preacher who returns to the small town where she grew up as a teenage rebel. The Fox TV network will make a pilot of The Minister of Divine – co-produced by Vicar of Dibley creator Richard Curtis – before deciding on a full series.
TVoD is a faboo British comedy, driven by both the incredible Dawn French and an excellent ensemble cast. It’s witty, raucous, charming, ribald, and tweaks small towns, religion, conservatism, the battle of the sexes, pop culture, and — well, it was just brilliant. It also was quintessentially British.
How is it likely to fare in translation? I’m not a real fan of Kirstie Alley, and while I’m pleased that Richard Curtis is “co-producing” the American version, the fact that it’s being piloted on Fox makes me even less optimistic. And given the generally awful fate of most Brit-to-US TV translations of the past decade or so, I think I’ll just stick with my beloved DVDs of the original.
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What????? No, no-no-no-no-no-no,no no no no. What? No.
This outburst brought to you by the woman who cannot bring herself to delete the “Christmas/New Years” reunion special from the TiVo. From year before last.
You are not incorrect, look what they did to Coupling.
Yup.
Or, as another man once put it.
“Prawn-flavored crisps?”
“Utter disaster.”
In Indonesia, where I lived long ago, they eat something called “Krupuk.” It’s made of shrimp, and it’s very chip-like. It has lots of air in it: it’s like a thin layer of shrimp froth fried to a crisp. I suppose the closest analogy in shape and texture that I can think of is Pork Crackings, except that Krupuk is much less greasy or fatty. The flavor is mild, and the texture is nice. They often serve it atop fried rice. Contrary to your anonymous source (who I’d wager has never eaten Krupuk), they’re pretty good.
Now this is a great example of conversational drift: from the Vicar of Dibley to Krupuk.
Actually, it’s a line from VoD, regarding “good change” vs. “bad change.” Though I suspect krupuk was not what was in mind.