I think Joan Hickson portrayal was beautifully understated and she perfectly conveyed Miss Marple’s self-deprecating brilliance.Īs I said, I thought the series was excellent – the music and opening credits created the just the right atmosphere – a kind of genteel menace - and the period costumes and settings were perfect. I hardly recognised it as the ‘Sleeping Murder’ I know! But more of Geraldine McEwan later. Unlike the recent ‘Sleeping Murder’ starring Geraldine McEwan as Marple. This is always the case on the large or small screen – but nothing too outlandish. Yes, they took some liberties with the plots and characters. Unhesitatingly, I plump for Joan Hickson and I really loved the television films she made of the Jane Marple stories. As with Hercule Poirot, we all have our own ideas about who is the best miss Marple.
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It Isn’t About Your Love Language It’s About Your Partner’s Ashley Fetters I’d place the new film more or less on a par with the second one, Fifty Shades Darker, which makes sense given that both were filmed concurrently, were directed by James Foley (whose principal recommendation is that he directed Glengarry Glen Ross many, many years ago), and were adapted by Niall Leonard (whose principal recommendation is that he is married to Erika Mitchell). Which is to say, it is far worse than the first movie-which, though awful, in hindsight looks like Citizen Kane, only with more discussion of dildos. James), Fifty Shades Freed is precisely as atrocious as one might imagine. The third and final-let’s pause and savor that word for a moment-adaptation of the “erotic romance” novel series by Erika Mitchell (pen name: E. This week, the name of that sacrifice is Fifty Shades Freed. Suffice to say that I made either the wise decision to skip them or the only marginally less-wise decision to repress all memory of them.īut writing about movies is something I’m paid to do, and occasionally that entails a degree of professional self-sacrifice. I don’t believe that I read either of the book’s sequels, though I can’t attest to that with much confidence. For reasons that are now obscure to me-and were by definition ill-conceived-I read Fifty Shades of Grey at that terrible moment in American history when it seemed that everyone else was reading it too. Most people are walking around with their antenna up listening to the same radio station, WIIFM, or What’s In It For Me. In the book, he breaks down his idea of viral social transmission into 6 steps, or “6 STEPPS Formula” as the acronym suggests from : During the many years he spent studying various types of content, he set out to uncover what spread and what didn’t. The book’s author, Jonah Berger, holds a Ph.D. The 6 STEPPS to Creating Contagious Content In other words, the factors that make them more likely to spread via word of mouth and social influence. The book breaks down what makes stories, information, products, ideas, messages, or videos become contagious. Doing this is more effective than traditional advertising because it’s both more persuasive and more targeted. Social influences and word-of-mouth drive 20-50% of all purchasing decisions.īecause people love to share news, stories, and information with other people such as reviews and recommendations. Yes, these factors are relevant, but they also don’t tell the full story. If this was always the case, then the best product at the cheapest price with the best advertising campaign should be guaranteed to win. Most people think ideas and products obtain success due to 3 factors: Each week I’ll send you advice on how to reach financial independence with passive income from real estate.
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