| Reference Type |
Time Out
journal
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| Title |
Class Act |
| Author(s) | Jonathan Romney |
| Issue |
1105 |
| Page Number |
22-23 |
| Comments |
This article may be of interest to fans of Thandie Newton's performance in 'Flirting'. It outlines her past, present and future with attention given to her discovery by George Miller and John Duigan in London.
Newton makes comment on her working relationship with Noah Taylor, with reference made to his personality and professional persona.
The author perceives that 'Flirting' underplays the racial harrassment that he expects Thandiwe (Thandie Newton) would have faced in the boarding school. I would disaggree with this element of the article, particularly because it shows little conception of Duigan's style, both in scripting and direction. The power of the representations of racist behaviour in 'Flirting' lies in their silent and unspoken quality, in the sense one has that there is always more at play in any given situation. There is the feeling that everything in 'Flirting' is whispering and echoes with double meaning (including the landscape). It is through this quality that I believe the film derrives its impact, and becomes a method of placing audience identification in specific sites.
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| Synopsis |
This article is essentially a biographical expose of actor Thandie Newton. It contains a still photograph of Thandie Newton and Noah Taylor in 'Flirting'.
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