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Old 24-01-2016, 02:21
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That conversation that they had with one another...I have no idea what they were talking about, but the melodrama levels were off the charts! It was like something out of Dallas.
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Old 24-01-2016, 02:30
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That conversation that they had with one another...I have no idea what they were talking about, but the melodrama levels were off the charts! It was like something out of Dallas.
Yes I am amused by the theatricality too.
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Old 24-01-2016, 02:30
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That conversation that they had with one another...I have no idea what they were talking about, but the melodrama levels were off the charts! It was like something out of Dallas.
Haha I agree, when he said to Tiff.... I don't need to walk out of here a winner... then Paused......I've already won!.... I was just waiting for the doff doffs from Eastenders, or as you said it was like something from Dallas. It was funny, I'd like to see more conversations like that between them
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Old 24-01-2016, 02:31
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Can anyone who seen the live feed last night make more sense of the conversation now they've seen the HL show?

Did they make a deal?
Are they mates or not?
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Old 24-01-2016, 02:34
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Can anyone who seen the live feed last night make more sense of the conversation now they've seen the HL show?

Did they make a deal?
Are they mates or not?
No to be honest I can't.

Last night the conversation seemed to waver from being serious to tongue in cheek and back again. At one point I did wonder if it was a task and they were acting because Tiffany seemed to be fighting the temptation to corpse. At other times it seemed almost flirty. It was odd and fascinating.

I don't see any deal. I still can't make sense of most of it. at the point we left it last night they seemed more friends than not.
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Old 24-01-2016, 02:44
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John sounded like he was delivering his lines in a scene on Eastenders "I hate to tell you this, Tiff but I didn't do it. So if you want to get something on me, you're gonna have to find something better than that"
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Old 24-01-2016, 03:00
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It was brilliant. I wish they WERE in a soap together.
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Old 24-01-2016, 03:02
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No to be honest I can't.

Last night the conversation seemed to waver from being serious to tongue in cheek and back again. At one point I did wonder if it was a task and they were acting because Tiffany seemed to be fighting the temptation to corpse. At other times it seemed almost flirty. It was odd and fascinating.

I don't see any deal. I still can't make sense of most of it. at the point we left it last night they seemed more friends than not.
We'll just have to wait and see then
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Old 24-01-2016, 03:05
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It was very Real Housewives.
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Old 24-01-2016, 04:53
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It was very bizarre, but I loved the part when John said he was willing to make a deal and Tiffany immediately sat down and perched up
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Old 24-01-2016, 10:47
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Oh it was brilliant. Probably one of my favourite conversations this series.

They're both very tongue-in-cheek.
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Old 24-01-2016, 11:25
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That conversation that they had with one another...I have no idea what they were talking about, but the melodrama levels were off the charts! It was like something out of Dallas.
John's life is spent in the actual theatres so it's logical that he would be 'theatrical'. He was probably born with theatrical tendencies, hence he followed his vocation.

I wish people would remember this is his career and therefore a part of him, and not criticise him for his natural way of communicating.

Tiffany is the same, but in a different way, so this conversation was brilliant! Badly edited though on the HL show in my opinion. Catch the full version on the previous evening's live show if you can
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Old 24-01-2016, 11:27
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John's life is spent in the actual theatres so it's logical that he would be 'theatrical'. He was probably born with theatrical tendencies, hence he followed his vocation.

I wish people would remember this is his career and therefore a part of him, and not criticise him for his natural way of communicating.

Tiffany is the same, but in a different way, so this conversation was brilliant! Badly edited though on the HL show in my opinion. Catch the full version on the previous evening's live show if you can
That used to mean something quite different. And by that interpretation he certainly was.
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Old 24-01-2016, 11:31
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I loved the conversation as well. It was so intense but lighthearted even at times quite flirty. It was so weird but revealing about their characters. I wish we saw more of it in the HLs.
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Old 24-01-2016, 11:40
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The bit that was shown was very stagey, and it was funny.

Tiff went in to 'sort it out' in some very American 'confrontation' way, her role 'Big Bad Wolf'.

John realised this and, during this clip, he seems to respond with the role 'Mafia type psycho villain' - 'Do you want a deal?' complete with faint American accent.

There's an acknowledgement there that they are both 'acting a role', although John's was in response to Tiffs.

In the long conversation, they moved in and out of this 'posturing', Tiff would 'act' the powerdiva and then John undercut the performance with doses of ordinary reality. Tiff would then come off it and talk honestly for a bit.

It was fascinating - but there was a massive effort there to actually cut the crap, acknowledge each other and try to actually communicate on a real level.

Great fun to watch, and a very sort of sophisticated piece of 'confrontational sparring' - so much better than Gemma's self promoting pronouncements and long, boring, crappy declamations about 'how she is' - Tiff and John were in a different LEAGUE.

Of course they edited it to get the 'evil mastermind' effect, but it was far more complex than that.
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Old 24-01-2016, 11:43
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I loved the conversation as well. It was so intense but lighthearted even at times quite flirty. It was so weird but revealing about their characters. I wish we saw more of it in the HLs.
Yes - flirty, a recognition of 'how both of them are', laughing at each other and themselves, and then back again, spot of straight talking, rueful laughter, and a bit of sadness too, and a recognition of how essentially alone they both are in that house.
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Old 24-01-2016, 12:03
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It's been many years since I've enjoyed a bit of LF like that. It was like they were weighing each other up. I think they've both 'misread' each other but aren't ready to open up and trust.

The elephant in the room//conversation was (IMO) Gemma - when she was going on about who ruled the house etc. etc.

I think they both know GC is calling all the shots - it was like t5hey wouldn't confront it.

It was fascinating and bloomin marvelous. I loved the drama and theatrics of it all.
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Old 24-01-2016, 12:12
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Ive enjoyed 'most' of John + Tiff so far and as many others have said on other threads, think they'd be a force to be reckoned with if they did cut a deal and work together. Loved John saying 'they both needed friends in there' (or similar).
They certainly seem to be the smartest 2 left in there - please let it happen!!!
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Old 24-01-2016, 12:12
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John's life is spent in the actual theatres so it's logical that he would be 'theatrical'. He was probably born with theatrical tendencies, hence he followed his vocation.

I wish people would remember this is his career and therefore a part of him, and not criticise him for his natural way of communicating.

Tiffany is the same, but in a different way, so this conversation was brilliant! Badly edited though on the HL show in my opinion. Catch the full version on the previous evening's live show if you can
I wasn't criticising, I enjoyed it. I've enjoyed John's theatricality from day one. I approve.

I've always thought that he should have a set of masks (the French type that you hold to your face) but in the style of theatre masks (think V for Vendetta) and each one carries a different expression for each mood. He could hold one up to his face depending on what mood he's in.
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Old 24-01-2016, 13:21
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Can anyone who seen the live feed last night make more sense of the conversation now they've seen the HL show?

Did they make a deal?
Are they mates or not?
Yes they ended up as friends.
In the garden later, on the nights before live feed, Tiff said she would hate it if he left. They needed one another.
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Old 24-01-2016, 13:24
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The bit that was shown was very stagey, and it was funny.

Tiff went in to 'sort it out' in some very American 'confrontation' way, her role 'Big Bad Wolf'.

John realised this and, during this clip, he seems to respond with the role 'Mafia type psycho villain' - 'Do you want a deal?' complete with faint American accent.

There's an acknowledgement there that they are both 'acting a role', although John's was in response to Tiffs.

In the long conversation, they moved in and out of this 'posturing', Tiff would 'act' the powerdiva and then John undercut the performance with doses of ordinary reality. Tiff would then come off it and talk honestly for a bit.

It was fascinating - but there was a massive effort there to actually cut the crap, acknowledge each other and try to actually communicate on a real level.

Great fun to watch, and a very sort of sophisticated piece of 'confrontational sparring' - so much better than Gemma's self promoting pronouncements and long, boring, crappy declamations about 'how she is' - Tiff and John were in a different LEAGUE.

Of course they edited it to get the 'evil mastermind' effect, but it was far more complex than that.
I like the way you said all of that

It was like a dance, he steps forward, she steps back, as you say it was was much more complex than it was edited - shame on them. The best live feed we have had, and thank heaven we did see it, it was fascinating!
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Old 24-01-2016, 13:26
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Yes they ended up as friends.
In the garden later, on the nights before live feed, Tiff said she would hate it if he left. They needed one another.
Oh, I thought she meant if he took his friendship away - which is what he seemed to me to be intimating at the end when LF ended, that they weren't friends anymore. I may be, and probably am, wrong.
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Old 24-01-2016, 13:33
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Oh, I thought she meant if he took his friendship away - which is what he seemed to me to be intimating at the end when LF ended, that they weren't friends anymore. I may be, and probably am, wrong.
You might be right
It was late, I was tired and I need my B12 which impair my ability to concentrate lol
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Old 24-01-2016, 13:37
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I wasn't criticising, I enjoyed it. I've enjoyed John's theatricality from day one. I approve.

I've always thought that he should have a set of masks (the French type that you hold to your face) but in the style of theatre masks (think V for Vendetta) and each one carries a different expression for each mood. He could hold one up to his face depending on what mood he's in.
Ah that would be a great task. A box of masks and a box of cards with moods / acting styles written on them. Pull out a random card and the person has to find the mask and act like that for the next 30 mins, then pick another one.
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Old 24-01-2016, 13:41
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John's life is spent in the actual theatres so it's logical that he would be 'theatrical'. He was probably born with theatrical tendencies, hence he followed his vocation.

I wish people would remember this is his career and therefore a part of him, and not criticise him for his natural way of communicating.

Tiffany is the same, but in a different way, so this conversation was brilliant! Badly edited though on the HL show in my opinion. Catch the full version on the previous evening's live show if you can
And probably choreography - he does communicate that way sometimes. It's hard work not to see it as condescending when it's out of context ie.dance class / rehearsal room. But I try.
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