Microwave?

[frankdicer]

In the first episode, Mavis tells the staff that she heated the tandori (sp?) up in the
Microwave....Anyone ever see a microwave in the kitchen?

Seems a little out of place, almost anachronistic, in a manor house where "that don't work, that's 'lectric" is
heard ( mr. moulterd, referring to the fire alarm).

[Tiddles]

In the first episode, Mavis tells the staff that she heated the tandori (sp?) up in the
Microwave....Anyone ever see a microwave in the kitchen?

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I am not sure if we see one fully in view--I'd have to look at the ep. But keep in mind that "fourth wall". The one we're looking through. There could be a microwave against it. :)

[Diana Yarswick]

It could be behind the stove wall near the larder too.

[Goldie]

I never thought about that, Frank. I'll have to watch it now :lol:. But like Tiddles and Diana said, there's the "other wall" and 'round the back of the stove. So they could always play it off like that.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Good one Frank !! :lol:

[Clayborn Humphries]

Frank, I thought she said 'microbwave.'

[Evey]

Good thinking Frank, I never thought of that! :thumbup::D

[Tiddles]

Frank, I thought she said 'microbwave.'


Say..... maybe it was MICROFT-wave. You know the thing that quickly dries toupees-- invented by Mr. Rumbold's brother?? :lol:

[frankdicer]

Re: the fourth wall comments.... AYBAS or GaF was shot in a real building with real walls,
not a stage, so there are 4 walls, well its very irregularly shaped isn't it. I wonder if there
are enough different angle shots in the kitchen during the whole series to let us see
the whole kitchen. Oh well, my original comment was more of a way of noting the
ambiguity of a microwave on a farm that operates just barely out of the 19th century.

[Tiddles]

Re: the fourth wall comments.... AYBAS or GaF was shot in a real building with real walls,



Doesn't matter though. "The fourth wall" real or otherwise is rarely ever seen or alluded to. It's technically "invisible". In a sitcom, you hardly ever have a camera pan around a whole room. This is mainly due to how things are filmed--like a play. Desi Arnaz was the person to thank for this technique. So to clarify what I said, there could be a microwave against the "fourth wall" that we're not "allowed" to see. The "fourth wall" rule was broken a few times in the AYBS? series when Humphries would look directly at us and speak. "That was a LIE....A LIE..."

Oh well, my original comment was more of a way of noting the
ambiguity of a microwave on a farm that operates just barely out of the 19th century.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

And it's a fun topic!

[Goldie]

... Oh well, my original comment was more of a way of noting the
ambiguity of a microwave on a farm that operates just barely out of the 19th century.

I believe this was noted by the way Mavis said the word.. mic-ro-wave.. as if it was very new to her.

[sonosun]

Re: the fourth wall comments.... AYBAS or GaF was shot in a real building with real walls,
not a stage, so there are 4 walls, well its very irregularly shaped isn't it. I wonder if there
are enough different angle shots in the kitchen during the whole series to let us see
the whole kitchen. Oh well, my original comment was more of a way of noting the
ambiguity of a microwave on a farm that operates just barely out of the 19th century.

Whoa! There would have been a great hearth and that would have provided even more walls and perhaps the hearth wouldn't have been against the wall leaving even more space for imagining.

[sanna_o75]

This is an old subject, but I just love the way she says "microwave" Cracks me up everytime, she so cute, hehe