"....My original reservation was not that the adaptation was purposely aimed at those involved in organising Sidmouth (and I am quite certain that it was not), but that A Certain Resident would try to use it as such. Which has indeed occurred but I feel the tide (ha!) has indeed at last turned irrevocably against such a narrow, airheaded, embarrassing-to-performers stance.
If the perpetrator's efforts have indeed achieved that too, all hats are hurled as high as possible into the ether, waving Fare Unwell to both the HoC Speaker and the Mad Sidmouth Seagull on their interstellar, one-way journey to oblivion.
[A pic of her face when she finally discovers the identity would really be one for the photoboard though . . . ]"<<<<
First of all...if you check through this thread, you'll see that not ONCE have I referred to those in the film as being from Sidmouth folk week. I have merely referred to the film in general and the great humour coming from the maker of the video.
This was the first reference to it being about someone from Sidmouth, on this thread:
RE: Show of Hands - Bellowhead From: Frozen Gin - PM Date: 17 May 09 - 02:08 PM
Now the rest of us know what Joan Crump looks like....cute moustache *LOL*<<<<
Then...Diane followed it up with this, where she too refers to the video being about the Sidmouth team, despite her saying above that she didn't feel that at all.... ????
From Diane: "As I already commented earlier on another thread, I am wondering how exactly the current Sidmouth organising committee feels about being likened to the 3rd Reich."
I think the video is an absolute treat because it smacks of the very attitude which has followed Show of Hands for years...and the attitude that has followed people who love their music.
And *that* is why I love the video.
Of course, Joan's now infamous words did come into my mind....and that's why I quoted them (in a German accent)......but so far as doing what Diane claims I've done, on her fRoots thread...nope, Sweetums, you did that almost all on your own, with the help of the above poster and of Joan herself of course, who has slid into the Adolf roll seemingly quite willingly, even choosing to reflect the character in the video on this thread itself, in some of her posts to me...