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November 05, 2021

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I think the whole thing was to work 2000s sleaze into it as much as possible. It just seems to me like they wanted to finally show people the sexual intercourse that Sid James alluded to getting in all those 'Carry On' comedies.

"Kenny" complains about his backside piles and leakage so often even the real Williams would complain about this one-trick pony droning on and on, had he saw it. Very little about his theatrical past and nothing about his upbringing. The actor looked little like him but I must admit he had his Kenneth Williams down pat (must have been practising for years!). A little more of Sid's relationship with Charles Hawtrey would have been nice.

And I am VERY anti-PC, but would Sid James really have disparaged Williams so often in public for his alleged homosexuality?

Samantha Spiro's Barbara Windsor was very good. The dark brown eyes were off-putting, if very lustful - couldn't they have used blue-coloured contacts?

Speaking of eyes, Geoffrey Hutching's (as Sid) were made to disappear! James originally had biggish soulful eyes, later surrounded by bags and natural dark circles - and where was his splodgy nose? Also should have done more work with a voice coach to make his accent sound more British and less (attempted) South African - it grated. As it was, except for the (spot-on) hair he looked like a shifty used car dealer.

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