Post by Ace on Aug 11, 2008 21:47:20 GMT -5
A positive review on Steele from the U.K.! Is this a first in 26 years? 
The Guardian: Cable girl: Lucy Mangan on Remington Steele
Tuesday August 12 2008
Pierce Brosnan has grown into his twinkle. This is not a euphemism. As the 30-year-old eponymous stripling in Remington Steele, he has the roguish sparkle of a man twice his age. Add to this a head of hair that promises never to thin or lose its lustre, a body that will forever show a well-cut suit to its best advantage and the effect is quite overwhelming. This is a man whose every fibre cries out to womankind: "You think this is good? Wait until you see me at 50!"
And so of course, we know now, it turned out. But even without such foreknowledge (or is it pre-knowledge? The correct deployment of deixis and tenses when discussing re-runs continues to distress and frequently elude me), there is, quite unexpectedly, much to enjoy in the story of Remington Steele and Laura Holt. She, you will doubtless recall, is the lady PI who could not drum up enough business to stay afloat because her lady parts and satin blouses discouraged clients from taking her seriously. In a daring moment she invents a boss called Remington Steele and her investigative practice takes off. He is a white-collar thief who overhears this proto-feminist scam and presents himself at her door as the mythical man made flesh (and heavily lacquered hair).
Together, they fight very gentle crime - she with indefatigable grunt work, he with the sword of quippery and the shield of suavity - as well as their throbbing sexual passion for each other. Although they are kissing beside fountains by the beginning of season two, which is where I came in, so clearly the latter battle didn't last too long.
It was (is? Somebody help me, please) also funny. Was I too young to notice at the time, or had this fact simply become obscured, possibly by my persistent habit of confusing it with Sapphire and Steel, over time? Whatever the reason, against all the odds it seems not only to have retained but also to have increased its charm as the years have passed. Clearly the Brosnan magic infuses all.
The Guardian: Cable girl: Lucy Mangan on Remington Steele
Tuesday August 12 2008
Pierce Brosnan has grown into his twinkle. This is not a euphemism. As the 30-year-old eponymous stripling in Remington Steele, he has the roguish sparkle of a man twice his age. Add to this a head of hair that promises never to thin or lose its lustre, a body that will forever show a well-cut suit to its best advantage and the effect is quite overwhelming. This is a man whose every fibre cries out to womankind: "You think this is good? Wait until you see me at 50!"
And so of course, we know now, it turned out. But even without such foreknowledge (or is it pre-knowledge? The correct deployment of deixis and tenses when discussing re-runs continues to distress and frequently elude me), there is, quite unexpectedly, much to enjoy in the story of Remington Steele and Laura Holt. She, you will doubtless recall, is the lady PI who could not drum up enough business to stay afloat because her lady parts and satin blouses discouraged clients from taking her seriously. In a daring moment she invents a boss called Remington Steele and her investigative practice takes off. He is a white-collar thief who overhears this proto-feminist scam and presents himself at her door as the mythical man made flesh (and heavily lacquered hair).
Together, they fight very gentle crime - she with indefatigable grunt work, he with the sword of quippery and the shield of suavity - as well as their throbbing sexual passion for each other. Although they are kissing beside fountains by the beginning of season two, which is where I came in, so clearly the latter battle didn't last too long.
It was (is? Somebody help me, please) also funny. Was I too young to notice at the time, or had this fact simply become obscured, possibly by my persistent habit of confusing it with Sapphire and Steel, over time? Whatever the reason, against all the odds it seems not only to have retained but also to have increased its charm as the years have passed. Clearly the Brosnan magic infuses all.
