So, after that conversation, I wandered to the computer, looking on YouTube for a clip of a half-remembered scene of an Avengers episode that I saw when I was a kid, but wasn't one of the six episodes I (currently) own. Instead I found this fabulous tribute, which sort of smashingly sums up something of why Mrs. Peel was so fabulous: the debonair style of The Avengers, of course, her own mid-60s Mod-ishness, hints of the humour and intelligence of the character, and, of course (perhaps an early instance of genetic Irish appeal in me) the attraction of, and respect for, the power of a woman capable of righteous and tremendous violence.
Personal: Family; Emma Peel and the Kinks
So, after that conversation, I wandered to the computer, looking on YouTube for a clip of a half-remembered scene of an Avengers episode that I saw when I was a kid, but wasn't one of the six episodes I (currently) own. Instead I found this fabulous tribute, which sort of smashingly sums up something of why Mrs. Peel was so fabulous: the debonair style of The Avengers, of course, her own mid-60s Mod-ishness, hints of the humour and intelligence of the character, and, of course (perhaps an early instance of genetic Irish appeal in me) the attraction of, and respect for, the power of a woman capable of righteous and tremendous violence.
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Personal/Theological Notebook: Michaelmas, Journaling, CPU Madness, and Jewish-Christian Dialogue
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