"Scandal Notes"

Summer 2022-04-21 09:02:15

In the novel version of "Notes on a Scandal" that I read first, Barbara was not as controlling as the film version, and what I read was more of loneliness. Most of her performances are quite normal, except for the Shiba scandal, which I also find very abrupt, I can only say that she is jealous.
If I only have one friend, and she doesn't even call me for six weeks, I'll have a hard time. Barbara is just trying to be more dominant in her social life, not as perverted as the movie shows. But the ending of the novel is also very puzzling to me, and it ends abruptly after Sheba reads the scandal notes and finds out that it was Barbara's betrayal after the angry quarrel was over. But the ending of the movie is a bit more superfluous.
ps Cate Blanchett is so suitable for the role of Sheba, and the novel is stress-free from beginning to end. But I also feel that Connery doesn't love Sheba at all, it's more of a restlessness in adolescence, otherwise there will be no urgent calls in the end, ignoring Sheba, and finally betray her and completely clear his responsibility (perhaps and his mother is related). But the words he said after the incident that he liked Shiba, I am willing to believe that it is true, but more of a mockery of the media. Or as Shiba said, he's just a kid.
After reading the novel, I was not satisfied with the ending of the movie and portrayed Barbara as a lust-loving demon. However, in reality, Barbara should be a person trapped by a lonely inner demon,

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Extended Reading
  • Iva 2021-12-13 08:01:13

    The character in the film may be exaggerated, but you can always read yourself. There is something in both individuals, and we also communicate with each other. A kind of depressing oneself, but extremely eager. I maliciously vilify those who haven't gotten it yet or maybe never get it again, because it attracts me too much all the time, I know it's beautiful. Live boldly and freely, do not want to be able to bear it. Shouldn't be smart. Lonely people use misunderstandings to keep warm in any place.

  • Alta 2022-03-27 09:01:08

    Cate Blanchett, beautiful to die~~

Notes on a Scandal quotes

  • [Barbara is upstairs, watching Sheba and Richard having a blazing row about her affair with Steven Connolly]

    Barbara Covett: [voiceover] By the time I took my seat in the Gods, the opera was well into its final act.

    Richard Hart: You're his teacher!

    Sheba Hart: And you were mine! I'm not justifying. I'm not trying to justify it...

    Richard Hart: You are so full of shit! It's totally different. You were twenty!

    Sheba Hart: He's sixteen in May. He's not some innocent...

    Richard Hart: Of course he's innocent! He's fucking fifteen! Are you insane? If you meant to destroy us, why not do it with an adult? That's the convention, it's worked for centuries!

  • [after her affair has become public knowledge, Sheba has moved out of her home and is staying with Barbara]

    Barbara Covett: [voiceover] This last month has been the most delicious time of my life. Of course we have had our ups and downs. The pressure is intense when two women share their lives. But, oh, but what marvellous intensity it is! Circumstances are not always ideal. The swinish press, the stringent bail terms, meetings with lawyers and so on. But all things considered, we're coping admirably. In fact, gold stars abundant. The cuckold permits her to see their children once a week. Thee are usually tears and fits of teenage tantrums, too. In time she'll recognise she's just not the mothering kind, and then Barbara will be there to comfort her. Nurse, beloved friend and wise counsel.