[Afamilyatwar-list] Real Tears

[Scott Filderman]

I’ve always enjoyed Barbara Flynn. I first saw her in Cracker in the 1990s, then the Beiderbecke Trilogy in the 1980s, and then began seeking her out in other things like Cranford. I think she got much better as she aged, but then to realize that AFAW was her first job makes a big impression. She more than held her own in such a substantial cast of actors. I last saw her in The Durrells of Corfu, made a couple of years ago, a rather reductive bit of biography. She was excellent, however. Quite the grande dame!




On Friday, April 13, 2018, 4:28 PM, Veit, Richard via Afamilyatwar-list <afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu> wrote:

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I just watched the episode "Lend Your Loving Arms," at the very end of which a War Office telegram arrives at the Ashton household. (SPOILER ALERT) Freda opens the envelope, reads the devastating message about young Robert, and hands it to her father. Barbara Flynn's acting here is truly heart-breaking, and I cannot imagine how difficult it must have been to tap into this deep emotion while on camera. Surely this dramatic moment, with very real tears, was captured in a single take because no one could have been expected to convey such profound grief more than once.
 
  
 
Richard Veit
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