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Whats more pleasantly surprising?
(I now personally wish I could have seenthe one performed by Welsh schoolchildren.)
Fleming shows up in their story (how could he not?
The opportunity to incorporate riffs onthe Bond introis too irresistible), but they dont bother much with Godfrey.
Remember, were His Majestys finest, / And regulations are for cowards and fools.
Nervous, bespectacled Cholmondeley, meanwhile, probably couldnt swagger with a gun to his head.
While Montagu bulldozes ahead from the jump, the women and Cholmondeley wrestle more with their consciences.
When they find a body for their schemean unidentified homeless chap who swallowed rat poisonwhat are their moral responsibilities?
You must at least know his name?
Was any of that in any way legal?
But Montagu scoffs in the face of such trifles.
Theres more than a touch of Gilbert and Sullivan there.
/ And hear them shout How high?
(Mercifully, unlikethe 2021 Netflix film, thisOperation Mincemeatavoids adding a romantic subplot.)
After all, its a body pretendingor being pretended aboutthat anchors this whole affair.
Is it enough to remember him now?
Is it okay to take delight in the wild caper that followed his sad end?
Who can say, really?
But SpitLip argues vigorously and convincingly in favor of delight.
Small flashes of joy, its all any of us can hope for.
Whether or not its all, its a strong something, andOperation Mincemeathas plenty of joy to go around.
Operation Mincemeatis at the Golden Theatre.
