Slope
Don't you just want to pour salt over him?
shareHe was a bit of a slug
I'm only going to say this once: stay out of Camberwick Green - Sam Tyler
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Well folks just got through with the series and absolutely loved it. I am a big Rickman fan and that was why I purchased this series. He played Obadiah to perfection and I loved him. He has those great facial expressions and moved and acted "Snapeish" at times.
The whole cast was superb but funny how they all called each other Mr Bold or Arch-Deacon or Bishop and that Mrs Proudie was such an old biddy. The Bishop was so hen-pecked by her. At least Obadiah told her off in the end. Wonder what became of Obadiah.
As for Eleanor marry Arafin or whatever his name was. He was ugly and they only met briefly at the Grantlys and barely spoke yet he was in love with her and vice-versa. She should have married Slope, at least he was handsome and young and not boring. Bertie was just a "waste of space".
I liked Septimus Harding and Grantly was excellent. Loved his eyes.
Severus Snape my hero....
He was soooooo deliciously slimy. And I LOVED Geraldine McEwan. I was only familiar with her in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. The two of them are serious scene stealers!
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His last, leering look at the bishop and his wife was wonderfully eerie, to say the last. And his last words superbly preceded his exit: "May you both live...forever..."
shareLOL. I just kept thinking "reptilian."
shareHe's so slimy and sanctimonious, isn't he?!
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I loved Rickman's portrayal of Slope. Frankly, I would have picked him over the wet weekend that was Arabin, and that immature, feckless loser who considered himself an artist. I can see why both Eleanor and the Madeleine (both played superbly by Janet Maw and Susan Hampshire) were attracted to him at first.
I'm sure he landed on his feet. Probably used the role at Puddingdale as a springboard for something better - maybe he found his rich bride there.
I loved Bertie Stanhope, the artist. He was so much fun and she had money so he could make spending money with his art. I would take some one like him over either of the other two. Eleanor had gotten too stodgy after her husband had died. Bertie was so handsome, I bet they would have fallen in love...I would have. To have a man around who can make you laugh is worth more than 100 stodgy clergyman. After all, how much money does one need in life to survive, but laughter makes it all the better.
I really couldn't see her with Arabin at all..they barely knew each other and to declare their love so quickly surely would have been discouraged by Mr Harding who was quite a funny guy himself.
If Bertie had turned on the charm he could have won her over, but alas he was too honest which we should give him credit for. I wonder how he made out in the end.
"Sometimes you have to know when to put a cork in it."
~Frasier
I think this is that rare occurrence, a famous literary character being improved on by the actor playing the part. The egregious Mr Slope as described by Trollope is less repellent than Rickman is able to make him.
shareI wouldn't necessarily say the character was improved on at all, imo. He was so repellent as to be unbelievable that a person like that would truly exist in that time frame. He was almost campy.
"Sometimes you have to know when to put a cork in it."
~Frasier
Rather like the portrayal of Mr. Collins in the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice. the oily, creepy Collins portrayed by David Bamber is far from the character in Austen's novel.
shareI loved Peter Blythe as Bertie - he is always entertaining as an actor, and he made the character both believable and loveable. I would have chosen him over Slope or Arabin any day!
shareThe problem with Bertie is he just doesn’t know when to stop. There are too many times I just want him to stfu! He gets tedious. Excessively tedious. When it comes down to it, Bertie is an ASS!
As for Arabin, I quite like him. I think Eleanor will liven him up a bit, goodness knows she has plenty of backbone. He strikes me as a Darcy type. I find him quite handsome, if he would only lose the whiskers! Those lamb chops are hideous. If he were clean-shaven, like Slope, I’m quite sure he’d be a heartthrob.