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There’s nothing about Birds of Prey <\/i>that new writers, a better director, better dialog coaches, and, oh, yeah, half a dozen replacement actors and actresses couldn’t solve.<\/p>\nThere’s nothing about Birds of Prey <\/i>that new writers, a better director, better dialog coaches, and, oh, yeah, half a dozen replacement actors and actresses couldn’t solve.<\/p>\n
Actually, I can’t really say that about the acting talent. Given the truly horrific lines they were given, Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, and Kate Hepburn couldn’t have made it work. Though it would have been more entertaining to see them try.<\/p>\n
I won’t get into the differences between the show and the comic, except to note that (a) there was nothing inherently bad about the changes in concept, just in execution, and (b) the book really is good. Really.<\/p>\n
On the bright side, my Wednesdays aren’t tied down aside from Junkyard Wars<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There’s nothing about Birds of Prey that new writers, a better director, better dialog coaches, and, oh, yeah, half a dozen replacement actors and actresses couldn’t solve. 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