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[Lainey]

Mitch:

Thanks for all your messages of support, but enough of the sympathy now. 12 minutes ago from web

[lyricgenius]

I hadn't heard the term "panto" before, so I looked it up:

Definition: Panto (another name for Pantomime in the UK) is a peculiarly British tradition of winter musical comedy theater. It has nothing to do with mime - silent performers in white-face make up walking into glass or doing Marcel Marceau-type physical comedy.

British pantomime takes familiar fairy tales and children's stories - Cinderella, Aladdin, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Snow White - and injects a bit of music hall (British Vaudeville) sensibility, contemporary references and audience participation to create a raucous, noisy entertainment that's fun for everyone in the family.

And apropos of Mickey Rooney, I saw this:

"We all know that panto is the favoured stamping ground (read: reliable payday) for countless British soap stars, pop rejects and reality-TV casualties. But increasingly, American talent is slopping on the slap and hogging the limelight."

At least I learned something out of this incident.

http://gouk.about.co...on_of_panto.htm

[Alan48]

At least I learned something out of this incident.

Hope Amy does the same!
All I know of pantomime I learned fom Monty Python:
http://www.youtube.c...dQhZsw0#t=1m40s
Mickey Rooney is a trooper!

[suestev07]

so.... it's meant to

"inject.... audience participation to create a raucous, noisy entertainment that's fun for everyone..."

[crol]

so.... it's meant to

"inject.... audience participation to create a raucous, noisy entertainment that's fun for everyone..."

haha. touche

[Tara]

Panto is meant to be a little raucous, yes, but if there's any truth in this story, Amy took it too far. Audience participation is one thing, but drunken celebs heckling the cast is not in the spirit of panto at all. I'm sure the story is exaggerated but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a grain of truth in in there somewhere.

[Mama_Haze]

My cousin saw something about it in the local news; she said all those they interviewed that were in attendance were sympathetic to Amy and nobody said anything too bad about her.

Probably the Sun sprinkled some sugar in the story, but it did happen and it really is not good either way.

[erickonasis]

That's what you get when you hang out with Civils!

LOLOLOLOL

[kevd7]

where does she get off heckling people anyway. didn't she heckle Robert Plant recently?

the story made the San Francisco papers...http://www.examiner....n-trouble-again

Edited by kevd7, 23 December 2009 - 02:44 AM.

[Alan48]

^ funny how mickey rooney morphed into mickey rourke!
news from unreliable source about amy going in for questioning:
http://www.dailystar...k-at-pantomime/
hope justice is served, whatever that may be in this case.

[Rockesquirrel]

Dear Holiday Spirits, please put peace of mind, love and butterflies in Winehouse. Ho, Ho, ho, and Amen.

[kevd7]

http://www.theinside...ties_of_the_Day

"worst celebrity of the day honors!"

[Iulian]

Uhm, nevermind.

[Winehousedrunk]

She's behind you! Oh no, she's not! anything like what's being slapped on her to make her look like a panto villain!
She's in front of you!
http://www.yorkpress...1/?type=display

Edited by Winehousedrunk, 23 December 2009 - 09:48 AM.

[BIGHAIRBARNET]

WELL LATEST IS AVAILABLE TO READ FROM THIS AFTERNOONS DAILY MAIL
AMY HAS BEEN CHARGED AND DUE IN COURT 20 JANUARY 2010

http://www.dailymail...ager-panto.html

I Think that maybe community service or a stint inside should do her Good,