Sunday, March 21, 2004

Watched that Parkinson interview with Meg Ryan. What was up with Parky? He was combative, reductive, kept telling people what they were, and kept getting it wrong. He called making a distinction between love and romance 'cynical', and he totally didn't get the movie Meg was there to talk about - In The Cut [which I personally loved]. But she was great. It's actually one of the best interviews I've seen her do. Really interesting. She's very with it and spot on and articulate and stuff. And Susannah and Trinny were also cool, and were able to handle his swipes well. Parky obviously bought into their press as 'mean girls', which showed that he hadn't actually seen their show, and was rather working from received opinion. Anyway, ending Meg's interview by saying he looks forward next time to seeing "the new Meg Ryan", ie, a better Meg Ryan than he saw this time, was a pretty insulting way to end an interview that he himself was responsible for fouling up. That's crap, Parky.

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