Advantages: Great casting, brilliant script, great story Disadvantages: Lesbians (not a disadvantage for me but could be to others), a few focal themes from the book lost
Tipping the Velvet was a BBC series based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Waters.
The story line follows the tale of Victorian lesbian Nan Astley, who falls in love with a male impersonator from her local musichall and after befriending her, follows her to London. There they fall into a relationship, and Nan becomes a part of the show under the name Nan King. Their love, however, if not meant to be, and the plot continues...
I personally adored this and thought it a brilliant adaptation from the book, which I read after I saw the series.
The acting is superb and the casting is some of the best I've ever seen. Nancy herself is fantastic, with a cherubic sort of face and a slight androgyny to her body she is perfect for the role, especially since she has such a low voice. Kitty is stunning, and it's easy to see why Nan falls ...
Advantages: Well written though others are better. Disadvantages: Too graphic.
the local MusicHall, and particularly the singing and stage presence of Kitty Butler. From the written word, you can imagine the awe, and the excitement that the young girl experiences, in a world that takes her away from the mundane to a world that holds all kinds of possibilities that she had never imagined before.
Having befriended Kitty, and having introduced her to her family, life takes on a new adventure when she goes to the city to work as Kitty's dresser, although unbeknown to her, this produces stirrings within the young girl that lead her to a life of strangeness, although to give away a lot more than this would be to ruin the story for those who want to make the discovery themselves.
The writing style here is bolder than Affinity which to me seems a shame. For example, in Affinity, the story dealt with friendship between two ...
Advantages: True To life - none stereotypical lesbians Disadvantages: Could be portrayes as a little "below the Belt" at times
At last a good DVD where the cast if not full of "shaven headed stereotypical lesbians". Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Jodhi May and Anna Chancellor star in Tipping The Velvet which was shown on BBC2 and is available on DVD.
When it was shown on BBC2 it was shown in 3 separate episodes over 3 weeks. Out of the 3 episodes episode 2 is the most graphical (certainly not for the shy amongst us).
Set in England in the 1890's, Tipping The Velvet is a colourful, passionate and entertaining love story about Nan (Rachael Stirling) a young girl whos family own an oyster business in Cornwall. As Nan enters her early twenties she that she is attracted to women, not to men.
The 19th century musichall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty (Keeley Hawes), a popular male impersonator musichall star. Nan first ...
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