The Pink Blancmange Gets Tony-Nommed!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:03am

When the cook Mason is talking about dinner, he says the blancmange (pronounced "blah-mahnge") hasn't jelled yet.

What happened to that pudding?
Updated On: 5/15/07 at 12:03 AM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:05am

you don't shy away from asking the tough questions, do you?

[C is for Company]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:06am

He left the Blancmange for Laura Wingfield to bring in and she totally forgot to do it when her little unicorn ran into some trouble.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:10am

And further, how come Mason knows what blancmange is but is clueless about foie gras?

Intrenched discrepancies?
Updated On: 5/9/07 at 12:10 AM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 3/30/07 at 10:37pm

The proof is in the pudding.

[Jon]

Posted: 3/30/07 at 10:42pm

The blancmange is at the tennis court, practising... and turning all the other players into Scotsmen.

THEY MEAN TO WIN AT WIMBLEDON!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 3/30/07 at 10:43pm

Jon-
I was hoping someone would say that.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 3/30/07 at 10:46pm

Is it the blancmange that got away?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 3/31/07 at 12:50pm

Do you suppose Trotter wolfed down the pudding when no one was looking?

After all, he ate all the apricots

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 4/1/07 at 10:21am

No clue as to what became of the PINK blancmange?

Did it finally gel?

Was it et?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:14pm

CLUE!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 2:05pm

The pink blancmange has been accounted for!

This prized pudding makes a unity of three appearances in the play, if only by words. Its first mention is when Mason says it isn't stiff yet. He later says that it hasn't jelled yet. And finally! Trotter mentions after their chicken feast something to the effect "it was a fine pudding."

So Mason has somehow achieved the feat of creating a pink blancmange pudding, a dessert of kings, in the trenches at the front!

And by the end of the play, though we never get to see its presentation, it has become part of Trotter's magnificent girth!

Cheero! Updated On: 5/9/07 at 02:05 PM

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 2:10pm

i have a question about Journey's End. is this a picture of what the Playbill looks like? my copy of the Playbill is a completely different picture and this is why i ask.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 2:14pm

Thats not the real one I don't think. Mine just said Journey's End I believe. After all, what money do they have to afford a nicer design?

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 2:16pm

OK I was gonna say. mine was them all lined up with a blue background with the words Journey's End above it. Glad we got that clear. Now I don't need to buy 2 :)

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 2:22pm

Yes, that picture is what the program looks like, except most people don't have one with the little blue opening night circle on it. I have not seen a program for that show without the picture on it.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 2:57pm

woah really?! i saw it on the first Saturday evening performance so maybe they changed it since i saw it. that's really cool if that's the case! mine was in colour too with them all lined up in a row & the words "Journey's End" above them.

[AnnaLouise1986]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 3:51pm

I saw it March 31st and that was the Playbill they gave me, the cast seated at the table smiling. I suppose they're definitely budgeting now.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 4:01pm

The playbill changed post-opening night, though I'm not sure how long after.

There was a blue variation with the photos and the text, much like the marquee, and this more earthy one.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 4:35pm

Jon, I was thinking about that sketch. I love that one!!!!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 4:39pm

Do fill us in on that sketch...?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 4:52pm

Are you not familiar with Monty Python?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 4:54pm

I am familiar with Monty Python, of course, but not all his work, so if you care to share this, please do.

[Dover]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 11:21pm

I saw the show late in previews and mine is in color but with them standing in a line with a white background and the title above. A lot of shows start off with a complicated Playbill cover with photos when the show first opens and is using color, and then switch to something simpler like a plain logo because photos tend to look like crap in black & white (also not having cast photos is easier once replacements start coming in). But this doesn't seem to be the case here since it seems they had more than one variant of color Playbills.

[Qfan2.0]

Posted: 5/10/07 at 12:46am

I saw it in the middle of march and that is my playbill (minus the opening night sticker)