Chekov's Liz Fraser

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Anton Chekhov formulated the principle that there should be no extraneous elements in a dramatic presentation: That if you show the audience a gun in the first act, it ought to be fired before the end of the show.

I’ve been watching a lot of B-level British comedies of the Sixties lately, and I’ve formulated a similar principle. Many of the movies I’ve been watching star actress Liz Fraser, a big-eyed blonde with a va-va-voom figure. My new principle, which I’m calling "Chekhov’s Liz Fraser", states that if Liz Fraser appears in the first act of a movie, she’s going to appear in a state of partial undress before the movie ends. :slight_smile: :wink:

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What’s that about Chekhov’s Fizz Laser? O wait… Carry On!

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So, not a Cocteau Twins thread, then…

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[Very minor nudity warning] [Significant terrible movie footage warning]

How many movies have you got through? Sooner or later you’re going to have consider renaming the principle to “**Chekhov’s Barbara Windsor**”

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I can’t be bothered to double-check but I’m reasonably certain Liz Fraser kept her kit on in I’m All Right Jack.

As she did - though you could be forgiven for not knowing this - in the episode of Last of the Summer Wine (aka the Elderly Actors’ Supplementary Pension Fund) where she turned up at Compo’s funeral as his Thursday afternoon interest.

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Yeah, I briefly thought that Liz Fraser was now in a band called “Chekov.”

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Is this similar to Checkov’s Phaser?

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Ah, but, you see, these are shows which violate the principle, and hence are sub-optimal. :wink:

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Or Star Trek, since it’s spelled “Chekov” in the title.

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Oops! :smack: Well, at least I got it right in the body of the post.