The Height of Ponciness & other things

*The ponciness of the acting profession achieved new heights today when The Stratford Standard (used in only the Best Bird Cages) revealed that RSC Director Dominic Cooke was so keen for the cast of Macbeth to create a masculine world onstage that he asked the performers to grow beards (grrrr).
**Apparently the actress playing Lady Macbeth wasn’t so keen but after some gentle persuasion plus good old one-of-the-boys Cookey agreeing to some facial fuzz himself, they say she came round and joined in the testosterone-fuelled fun.
Personally I blame the under-shaved Viagra Mortenson who played Argus son of Butchness in that film about the little people, Lord of the Things, for starting off this unstoppable trend towards all smouldering good looks and tight leather trousers.
It’s catching you know.

*Truth.
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