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One of the reasons I\u2019m not blogging very much at the moment is because I\u2019m working my way through the TV version of <\/span>Brideshead Revisited.<\/span> It really is probably the most perfect screen adaption of any novel ever. The only possible fault is Anthony Andrews\u2019 Sebastian. He\u2019s a bit too spoilt and self pitying. <\/span>
My favorite characters are Cordelia (with her pig Francis Xavier and her black Cordelia babies) and the elder Mr Ryder: \u201cYour friend who was ill. Did he die?\u201d \u201cNo father.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m so glad. I worried so much about him\u2026\u201d Mr Ryder is up there with Jane Austen\u2019s Mr Bennett or Mr Woodhouse as comic father figures, and the grotesque Anthony Blanche counts as one of the most uniquely hilarious and revolting fictional characters every created.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scenes in Venice, Oxford and Brideshead capture the book perfectly, and each character is played to precision. <\/span><\/p>\n

Waugh referred to Brideshead as he was writing it as his G.E.M (Great English Masterpiece) One of the best things about the book is that it portrays very flawed Catholics (as well as a few saints) with total realism, and conveys Catholicism as something that is first of all true\u2013and not primarily attractive for superficial reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

I could say more, but I must prepare RCIA for this week. It\u2019s on confession. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"