The Power of Poetry
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The Power of Poetry
The entire event has been posted on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/WKoVNqjNqtY
Takes about an hour and a half. They discuss poetry, and actors like Jason, Helena Bonham Carter, Sue Perkins and Tom Burke reads different poems in between. Quite interesting. I wouldn’t have watched it if it wasn’t for Jason, but I feel more enlightened and cultural now.
https://youtu.be/WKoVNqjNqtY
Takes about an hour and a half. They discuss poetry, and actors like Jason, Helena Bonham Carter, Sue Perkins and Tom Burke reads different poems in between. Quite interesting. I wouldn’t have watched it if it wasn’t for Jason, but I feel more enlightened and cultural now.
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Okay. I cheated. I didn't have time to listen to the whole thing at this sitting, so I only watched Jason's segments. Especially liked Voice. When they discussed #MeToo, Helena read Phenomenal Woman beautifully. Thanks for posting this, thunder. I plan to watch it in it's entirety.
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Thanks for this, Thunder.
Although Jason read well as usual, my favourite was actually Helena Bonham Carter reading Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman. I love it.
Although Jason read well as usual, my favourite was actually Helena Bonham Carter reading Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman. I love it.
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Phenomenal Woman was my favourite as well. Was it planned that she was going to read that?
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It kinda looked like it had a Post-It on it marking the page as though it would be read if there was time. I think the #MeToo discussion triggered the reading.
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I was just thinking that Sarah Montague, who introduced the others, could well be a Jason fan, given the excited introduction she gave him, about Jason being in everything. In general, Jason seems to slip under the radar of many people, we know he can go on the Tube and not be bothered, but Sarah certainly knew who he was!