I plead ignorance, sir. Thank you for setting things straight, especially since I didn't see the telecast because I don't subscribe to BritBox.
Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:55 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going support Phil Davis on this one. > > I didn't watch all the BAFTAs but watched enough to know that even though > they shook it up this year, and finally, well into an age of socal media, > presented at least some of the awards live on TV, the awards were another > mess this year. > > Davis didn't like the Alison Hammond interviews that broke up the awards, > and frankly neither did I. > > I don't believe that has anything to do with Hammond's race (and I would > need to see proof to the contrary otherwise that's an unfair suggestion), > or her ability to conduct such interviews, and more that it was completely > out of context with the rest of the show. Hammond is fine as a TV presenter > and I like her in some things. Her day job tends to be as a regular > stand-in on ITV's This Morning, but she's good as a panellist on This Is My > House (surely due a US version at some point). She's generally very > likeable. The problem here is that she conducted fluffy and out of place > interviews that to the viewer looked like they were depriving the award > winners of airtime. Kind of like cutting the halftime pundits in coverage > of a sports event, but doing it while the match is still underway. > > That meant that many award winners had their speeches massively cut short > in the TV broadcast version that aired. Essentially the show tried to boil > down a 3-3.5 hour live show into 1.5 hours of near-live TV plus a final 30 > minutes live. And they still found room for those interviews. > > Everyone is trying to work out what an awards show looks like in 2023. > Film award shows in particular struggle because the "good" films that > actually win the awards are no longer the kind of films that big audiences > have actually seen. Producers like to break up the handing out of gongs > with *something* else to keep viewers watching - be it big name singers > performing, comedy skits or whatever. This year the BAFTAs tried the > mid-show interview slots and it just felt like we were being taken away > from the main show. > > Davis has a pretty strong resumé - everything from Quadrophenia to Apple's > Slow Horses. He's not a star, but he's appeared in dozens of British TV > shows and films, so I do think his concerns count. He's won a TV Bafta and > he's directed a few films and TV including Prime Suspect. He's no no-one. > > Yes - he was perhaps wrong about Bernard Cribbins, who I've no doubt will > get mentioned in the TV awards, although he did also appear in *dozens* of > films, especially earlier in his career. So it's definitely understandable > why some felt he should have been mentioned. Davis may know Cribbins via > Doctor Who as although they didn't appear in an episode together, Davis > played a character during the period that Cribbins showed up as Catherine > Tate's character's grandfather. > > > > Adam > > > Adam > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 2:58 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> While most of the controversy over this year's BAFTA awards (seen in the >> U.S. on BritBox) was another instance of #BAFTASoWhite when it came to the >> winners, 69-year-old Phil Davis, an actor with several notable credits but >> nothing that stands out, sent an angry tweet stating that because of host >> RIchard E. Grant making his entrance in the Batmobile, the recorded >> telecast (only the four major categories were presented live) edited the >> acceptance speeches for backstage what Davis called "non-interviews" >> conducted by co-host Alison Hammond, a former UK version of "Big Brother" >> contestant, and leaving veteran comic actor Bernard Cribbins (best known by >> contemporary audiences for his appearances on "Doctor Who") out of the >> necrology, he was dropping his BAFTA membership. Whippy dippy: >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-resign-phil-davis-doctor-who-1235332335/ >> >> BAFTA's response was that Mr. Cribbins, considered more a television star >> than a movie star, would be in the necrology at the television awards in >> May. It should be pointed out that Davis spelled Mr. Cribbins' name as >> "Cribbens." 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