Thursday 16 February 2017

The You’re-a-Fuss Fairy Tale

The You’re-a-Fuss Fairy Tale

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16 February


The You’re-a-Fuss Fairy Tale

Once upon lots of times, as no history is better at repeating itself than horrible history, it was a bit like this :

1. Bodger Dave decided to hold a prize-competition

2. But he let some sort of friend, BJ the Bold, draw up the competition-rules

3. Without even bothering to read them, Dave published the rules

4. They promised 52 prizes of £350m per year for life

5. BJ then decided that he was less Bold – and more like Surf or Ariel

6. So BJ sold (or gave ?) his idea for winning the competition to Truculent Theresa, The Mare of Maidenhead

7. The Mare entered the competition fifty-two times, with the same entry

8. Dave thought that this was odd, and nearly declared – he probably did declare, but then rescinded it – all of The Mare’s entries to be invalid

9. Realizing that BJ or Dave ‘might do something’, The Mare pointed out noisily – in that truculent sort of way of The Press Barons, around The Trough of Self-Interest – various features of the competition-rules

10. First, The Mare said, the rules did not prohibit multiple entries, or anyone winning multiply – even fifty-two times out of fifty-two…

11. Second, the rules forgot to say that the judges’ decision was final

12. Third, The Mare said, she was a better judge anyway of what was fair, Dave and BJ included, and declared herself sole arbiter

13. And so The Mare won all of the fifty-two prizes, because that – wasn’t it ? – was what everyone wanted...



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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

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