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“Sink me — the man can’t even tie his own cravat!”

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For some reason, in high school French class, we ended up watching a 1982 TV movie adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, probably because it was nominally set in the French Revolution. Anyway, I found it thrilling for several reasons:

  • Anthony Andrews hamming it up as Sir Percival Blakeney/Scarlet Pimpernel
  • Ian McKellen sputtering and fuming as the villain Chauvelin
  • the climactic fencing between aforesaid characters
  • S.P. slicing through Chauvelin’s shirt collar and mocking him: "Sink me — the man can’t even tie his own cravat!"

Incidentally, a quick IMDB search on Anthony Andrews reveals that he works steadily, especially in TV, and still looks the same as he did in 1982, only with less hair. Nice smirk!

The name Percival really irritates me for some reason. Really, really, really irritates me.

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