{"id":1256,"date":"2017-09-06T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/the-lady-in-the-van\/"},"modified":"2018-06-30T10:05:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T14:05:47","slug":"the-lady-in-the-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/09\/the-lady-in-the-van\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lady in the Van"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015, UK, 115 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1974, an old woman (Maggie Smith) parked her garbage can of a van in an upscale suburban London neighborhood. She stayed there for 15 years. During that time, the infamous Miss Shepherd developed a cantankerous rapport with playwright Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings), who offered his driveway as a residence of sorts. (Writer\u2019s curiosity triumphed over common sense.) Bennett devoted years to piercing this irascible, slovenly woman\u2019s fa\u00e7ade, when he was not fighting off his own mounting irritation with her personal hygiene and general irritability. Eventually, Jennings, who wrote a memoir about the whole affair, learned that Miss Shepherd reached this frazzled state through a series of unfortunate events. The Lady in the Van<\/em> is pretty much a forum for Smith\u2019s fussy talents, and viewers can certainly take pleasure in that. However, its most memorable accomplishment is knocking the wind out of the kooky-old-lady clich\u00e9, revealing the real person underneath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1974, an old woman (Maggie Smith) parked her garbage can of a van in an upscale suburban London neighborhood. She stayed there for 15 years.<\/p>\n

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