tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post5915516161991865290..comments2024-03-25T16:59:28.263-04:00Comments on Works Cited: The Ruby in the SmokeNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898457401179147102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967476903991259470.post-55192509154448958382007-11-05T14:50:00.000-05:002007-11-05T14:50:00.000-05:00I can't read the Sally Lockhart books; I find them...I can't read the Sally Lockhart books; I find them insipid. The next one in the series--I think it's called <I>The Shadow in the North</I> but for once can't be bothered to look it up--is even weirder because it has an "I'm a Victorian industrial novel!" feel.<BR/><BR/>The BBC just did an adaptation of <I>The Ruby in the Smoke</I> starring Billie Piper, which was oddly boring. She plays Sally as wideyed and soft-spoken, I think purely to prove that she (Piper, not Lockhart) doesn't always have to be a strong, brash character, more's the pity. Seems like you can't get by as an actress, even a British actress starring in adaptations of the classics and thus a relatively "intellectual" actress, unless you can do wide-eyed and vulnerable.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142940002048171704noreply@blogger.com