tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post3132168036954721683..comments2024-03-28T19:02:37.054+00:00Comments on More than Writers: The Comedy Genius of Victoria Woodauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-56394390817531170362016-04-22T17:15:33.976+01:002016-04-22T17:15:33.976+01:00She was a genius. So clever with words and, as you...She was a genius. So clever with words and, as you suggest, she had a real human touch. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-77971596946187953012016-04-22T13:31:54.605+01:002016-04-22T13:31:54.605+01:00Thank you for this. Very encouraging to me at the ...Thank you for this. Very encouraging to me at the moment. And it is so good to remember the sheer genius that was Victoria Wood. I have been feeling afraid of the blank page and this post and remembering Victoria Wood's work is inspiring me to keep going despite the blank pageLynda Alsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260944221255162533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-62591874508482838082016-04-22T13:31:32.220+01:002016-04-22T13:31:32.220+01:00Thank you for this. Very encouraging to me at the ...Thank you for this. Very encouraging to me at the moment. And it is so good to remember the sheer genius that was Victoria Wood. I have been feeling afraid of the blank page and this post and remembering Victoria Wood's work is inspiring me to keep going despite the blank pageLynda Alsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260944221255162533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-32157649232308193622016-04-22T13:04:45.201+01:002016-04-22T13:04:45.201+01:00Thank you for this post. I adored Victoria Wood an...Thank you for this post. I adored Victoria Wood and had the privilege to see her live twice. <br /><br />To me one of the most dizzyingly difficult verses in the Bible is, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” It is not easy to put the two words “human” and “perfect” in the same sentence as “human” used as an adjective is synonymous with imperfect. I have never met a perfect human being and attempts to be “perfect” almost always produce a jangling and irritating falseness. Victoria Wood showed us ourselves full of all of our imperfections and frailties – fat bellies, bad breath low IQ’s, snobbery and self-delusion. With her we could just relax into being who we really are and drop the masks that we increasingly need to wear in the age of psychological Botox. <br /><br />Whatever “perfection” really is I suspect it’s closer to Victoria than to our fears of what it might mean. Anyone who can put Mrs. Overall (aka Julie Walters) in a leotard and tights and have me gasping for air gets my eternal vote of gratitude.<br /><br />May God bless her soul. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com