Lennon Naked
Jun. 24th, 2010 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloLennon Naked is yet another TV play in which the bleeding entrails of a dead entertainer are publicly exhibited for the delectation of his or her admirers. It's not a genre I respect. In the case of Lennon- who did such a good job of invading his own privacy- the exercise seems peculiarly pointless. We already know- from copious sources- what a tortured soul/selfish bastard he was. If you want to get to the heart of his parental issues just listen to The Plastic Ono Band.
Christopher Eccleston gives a bravura peformance. Just one small thing- actually one enormous thing: Eccleston is 46- and he is playing Lennon between the ages of 24 and 31. John in this era was fresh-faced and plump, a bit of a cheeky chappie. We switch from archive glimpses of him as he really was to this raddled old geezer in a bad wig- less loveable mop-top than Ronnie Wood.- and it's not a smooth transition. Youth is a partial excuse for Lennon's bad behaviour- and the casting of Eccleston rules it out of court.
Christopher Eccleston gives a bravura peformance. Just one small thing- actually one enormous thing: Eccleston is 46- and he is playing Lennon between the ages of 24 and 31. John in this era was fresh-faced and plump, a bit of a cheeky chappie. We switch from archive glimpses of him as he really was to this raddled old geezer in a bad wig- less loveable mop-top than Ronnie Wood.- and it's not a smooth transition. Youth is a partial excuse for Lennon's bad behaviour- and the casting of Eccleston rules it out of court.
