That made me legitimately spit out my water (and wish it was a quip I'd thought of, ha). Too bad David had already directed it by the time it got into hot water, or he totally could have!
Wow, Much Ado About Burgers! Your research skills are amazing and reading about the many things you’ve unearthed is like recovering buried treasures from the distant past! I hope one day soon David Tennant sits down with you and tells you everything you want to know about his illustrious and varied career! And then you share it with us!
Thank you for your compliments! Research is my jam, both professionally and recreationally.
And I would welcome that opportunity, especially given I'm pretty certain I inadvertently passed up a chance to do just that with (at least) one play already....
Wow. A lot to digest in this issue. I've book marked the YouTube play to watch a little later, and love the idea of DT's work on Macburgers, but what caught my interest was The Cake. I know you said this was about DT's director work, but my brain went straight to DT playing one of the rivaling brothers and then Davina playing one of the rivaling sisters. If only....Thanks for this - smiles for today.
Ha, I must confess neither of those The Cake scenarios had occurred to me!
I'm glad you enjoyed this threefold glimpse into David's years at drama school. I found the whole to-do with Macburgers fascinating, and its sad a huge corporation thought a local play written by students for kids was so threatening, it had to bring to bear its entire weight to stop it cold. As I've said below, I'm sure David heard about it - especially since Jenny was a classmate of his! I'd say I wonder what he thought about it, but given who he is? I think it's pretty much obvious he wouldn't have approved.
I'm sure he has too.... only because of a little edge in his voice when he has said McDonald's at comicons or other places. Nothing to really pick up on unless you know this back story, which thanks to you, we all now do.
Hi Steve Brown co-writer of MacBurger's here! Thanks so much for this comprehensive write up of my and Jenny's experiences. It still rankles that we had to give in. But the Early Day Motion and extensive press coverage were a delight.
Oh, wow! Hello, Steve - and I'm ever so glad to hear my research has passed your "I was one of those who wrote it and this sounds like an accurate representation of things" test. I'm also quite happy you happened to run across my neck of the woods!
I found the whole story ridiculously fascinating. Throughout the entire process of researching and writing the story of 'Macburgers', I was filled with righteous indignation for you and Jenny. But if I may ask, one thing I was never really able to nail down in the story was exactly how 'Macburgers' came to the attention of the RSAMD. My guess, of course, was that the RSAMD had a rather proprietary interest given Jenny was one of David's classmates, but I don't know that for sure. If you know how that all came about, would you be so kind as to enlighten me? And oh yes - did you and Jenny happen to go see David's production at the Chandler?
Oh, and feel free to reach out to me at atennantcytoact@gmail.com if you'd rather. And thank you again for your lovely comments!
Hi again sorry for the delay! Yes, Jenny and David were friends so that's how he knew about the play. He may well have suggested it as being appropriate. Strangely, neither Jenny or myself did see this production. We can't remember why!
Well, well, well... couldn't David pull rank and say he was a "McDonald?"
That made me legitimately spit out my water (and wish it was a quip I'd thought of, ha). Too bad David had already directed it by the time it got into hot water, or he totally could have!
Wow, Much Ado About Burgers! Your research skills are amazing and reading about the many things you’ve unearthed is like recovering buried treasures from the distant past! I hope one day soon David Tennant sits down with you and tells you everything you want to know about his illustrious and varied career! And then you share it with us!
Thank you for your compliments! Research is my jam, both professionally and recreationally.
And I would welcome that opportunity, especially given I'm pretty certain I inadvertently passed up a chance to do just that with (at least) one play already....
Ah, but that's a story for another play.
I certainly hope you share this story sometime soon!
Oh, I plan to. It's quite the ride, lol!
Wow. A lot to digest in this issue. I've book marked the YouTube play to watch a little later, and love the idea of DT's work on Macburgers, but what caught my interest was The Cake. I know you said this was about DT's director work, but my brain went straight to DT playing one of the rivaling brothers and then Davina playing one of the rivaling sisters. If only....Thanks for this - smiles for today.
Ha, I must confess neither of those The Cake scenarios had occurred to me!
I'm glad you enjoyed this threefold glimpse into David's years at drama school. I found the whole to-do with Macburgers fascinating, and its sad a huge corporation thought a local play written by students for kids was so threatening, it had to bring to bear its entire weight to stop it cold. As I've said below, I'm sure David heard about it - especially since Jenny was a classmate of his! I'd say I wonder what he thought about it, but given who he is? I think it's pretty much obvious he wouldn't have approved.
I'm sure he has too.... only because of a little edge in his voice when he has said McDonald's at comicons or other places. Nothing to really pick up on unless you know this back story, which thanks to you, we all now do.
Hi Steve Brown co-writer of MacBurger's here! Thanks so much for this comprehensive write up of my and Jenny's experiences. It still rankles that we had to give in. But the Early Day Motion and extensive press coverage were a delight.
Oh, wow! Hello, Steve - and I'm ever so glad to hear my research has passed your "I was one of those who wrote it and this sounds like an accurate representation of things" test. I'm also quite happy you happened to run across my neck of the woods!
I found the whole story ridiculously fascinating. Throughout the entire process of researching and writing the story of 'Macburgers', I was filled with righteous indignation for you and Jenny. But if I may ask, one thing I was never really able to nail down in the story was exactly how 'Macburgers' came to the attention of the RSAMD. My guess, of course, was that the RSAMD had a rather proprietary interest given Jenny was one of David's classmates, but I don't know that for sure. If you know how that all came about, would you be so kind as to enlighten me? And oh yes - did you and Jenny happen to go see David's production at the Chandler?
Oh, and feel free to reach out to me at atennantcytoact@gmail.com if you'd rather. And thank you again for your lovely comments!
Hi again sorry for the delay! Yes, Jenny and David were friends so that's how he knew about the play. He may well have suggested it as being appropriate. Strangely, neither Jenny or myself did see this production. We can't remember why!