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[TV] Scoop - Netflix Prince Andrew Interview Drama



clapham_gull

clapham_gull

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Aug 20, 2003
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Anyone else seen it ?

Very odd, they've attempted to elevate the interview to Nixon Frost status.

My problem is the interview is there in all it's glory on IPlayer, there is nothing more to learn from watching a cut down copy.

To construct it into a film the main story is about the build up to it. Newsnight gets interview and that's about it.

The real story is about the Prince's relationship with Epstein but much more so Epstein abuse of victims. None of which is really covered.

If you want to see Gillian Anderson play Emily Maitlis as a young Margaret Thatcher, fill your boots.

Rubbish. 1/5
 






clapham_gull

clapham_gull

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Aug 20, 2003
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Farehamseagull said:
Must admit I thought it was a strange premise for a drama. Even stranger is that there is two separate ones being made?!

Bizarre!
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Particularly annoying (when events are so close) is when they reconstruct the recorded media that is readily available elsewhere.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but that photograph does look a bit odd to me and always has. Photoshop the actors head on and it's looks even odder.

The weirdest scenes are with the ex-Director General Tony Hall. He barely says a word, but there is a scene where they rush to talk to him through the door of his box at the opera, Maitlis' dog accompanying her.

Can you take a pet dog into the Royal Opera House just to have a word with someone inside ?

If so, that's quite interesting but it's portrayed as so matter of fact it should have been expanded or left on the cutting room floor.

I was going to buy the book this is based on, but I won't bother now.
 








KZNSeagull

KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007
20,957
Wolsingham, County Durham
The story is supposed to be how Billie Piper's character secured the interview but it doesn't really come across as that. Anderson and Rufus Sewell are excellent in it though.
 


Right Back

Right Back

Marseille was magic
NSC Patron
Sep 21, 2017
371
Brighton
I think it is interesting in why Andrew did the interview and why his people didn’t stop it. Worth watching and I’m in favour when it helps to keep it on the agenda. Andrew wants the public to forget so he can slime his way back into public life. This will help keep him out of the way and everyone know what a disgrace he is.
 


Super Steve Earle

Super Steve Earle

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Feb 23, 2009
8,873
North of Brighton
clapham_gull said:
Anyone else seen it ?

Very odd, they've attempted to elevate the interview to Nixon Frost status.

My problem is the interview is there in all it's glory on IPlayer, there is nothing more to learn from watching a cut down copy.

To construct it into a film the main story is about the build up to it. Newsnight gets interview and that's about it.

The real story is about the Prince's relationship with Epstein but much more so Epstein abuse of victims. None of which is really covered.

If you want to see Gillian Anderson play Emily Maitlis as a young Margaret Thatcher, fill your boots.

Rubbish. 1/5
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I think you've missed the point of the film entirely. The clue is in the title -Scoop, like the board game. It's not about the interview as such which is readily available, or the 'real story ...Epstein', That's why it's not really covered. That's a different movie altogether. This was something else.
 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003
72,116
Super Steve Earle said:
I think you've missed the point of the film entirely. The clue is in the title -Scoop, like the board game. It's not about the interview as such which is readily available, or the 'real story ...Epstein', That's why it's not really covered. That's a different movie altogether. This was something else.
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Think they missed a trick by not calling it No Sweat
 


Paulie Gualtieri

Paulie Gualtieri

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May 8, 2018
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My mate reckons he had a Sloppy Giuseppe and his eye brows were wet afterwards, I don’t know what to believe these days
 


studio150

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
30,162
On the Border
Caught the end of a trailer, where it just listed who was in it, and thought that could be worth a watch, then later saw the full trailer and discovered it was about the Prince Andrew interview, and immediately lost interest, not going to watch.
 




clapham_gull

clapham_gull

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Aug 20, 2003
25,780
Super Steve Earle said:
I think you've missed the point of the film entirely. The clue is in the title -Scoop, like the board game. It's not about the interview as such which is readily available, or the 'real story ...Epstein', That's why it's not really covered. That's a different movie altogether. This was something else.
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No I haven't. There really isn't much of a story about how they got the interview - that's my point. Neither in reality or in the film.

The individual involved was employed to book guests and booked one. Postman posts letter...
 


Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
25,182
Sussex by the Sea
September 19 brings us A Very Royal Scandal with the brilliant Michael Sheen and the equally talented and gorgeous Ruth Wilson.

Will certainly tune in.

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Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
25,182
Sussex by the Sea




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Cheeky Monkey

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Jul 17, 2003
23,777
Just can't see the point of these, who wants to watch some hammy recreation?

Being starved of work for the last 20 years, they apparently originally offered the role of Andrew to Olivia Coleman as a charitable gesture. She turned it down but will feature in an upcoming biopic about Muhammad Ali, playing the roles of both Ali and Joe Frazier, plus having a cameo role as Martin Luther King Jr.
 




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