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rj_anderson ([personal profile] rj_anderson) wrote2006-10-31 12:34 pm

The Editing Process in a Nutshell

Rowan Atkinson shows Hugh Laurie's Shakespeare how it's done:



Sheer genius.

[identity profile] singingtopsy.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha! I've always loved this sketch! I'm so glad there's a reasonable explanation for the mixed metaphors in the famous Soliloquy ;).

[identity profile] jennifer-j-s.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
So much fun! If you haven't seen Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie in action before, try the Blackadder series.

Jennifer J.

[identity profile] dr-c.livejournal.com 2006-11-01 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's very good... but shouldn't the editor have zapped him for using state-of-being verbs twice in the first line? :-)

[identity profile] lapsus-0-calami.livejournal.com 2006-11-02 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for that, I haven't seen it for ages....