Dame Judi Dench loves a feline theme
Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 1:48PM 
The new trend in celebrity videos is about hand washing and social distancing. But trust a revered Oscar winner to add a dash of poetry. Dame Judi Dench appears in a short clip with her friend and fellow actor Gyles Brandreth as they lather up their hands for the required 20 seconds. Instead of singing a song or reciting a famous monologue they recite the opening verses of Edward Lear’s beloved poem The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.
Ever the showwoman, Dench even begins purring and nuzzling up to Brandreth when they reach the line “What a beautiful pussy you are.” Nice homage to your current movie, Dame Judi, but perhaps not keeping with the current guidelines for social distancing.
A Public Service Poem - from Judi Dench & Gyles Brandreth pic.twitter.com/jocgJtjvVd
— Gyles Brandreth (@GylesB1) March 15, 2020
Now that Cats is available at home, have you watched yet and what do you think of the Dame’s feline moves?
Reader Comments (5)
Calling Gyles Brandreth an actor is equivalent to calling Spike Lee a children's book author. It's technically correct, but completely misses the point of him entirely.
Brandreth is a writer, a broadcaster, a conservative politician and Member of Parliament (though not one of the awful ones), a raconteur, a board game and Oscar Wilde enthusiast. Also, his IMDB page lists six acting credits, playing "Gyles Brandreth" in three of them and "The Evil Gyles Brandreth" in a fourth.
I love this, but Dame Judi also likes dogs, if you visit the twitter @finty_williams you will see Dench dressed in a dog suit, trying to cheer you up. (worked for me)
Also visit this Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/mar/18/keep-laughing-judi-dench-leads-older-stars-lifting-spirits-on-twitter
Elaine Paige does her cleaning dressed in far better duds than I do.
That is a good poem. I ain't gonna see fucking Cats. Fuck that shit.
"A cat is not a dog"
I think she was adorable in Cats and I loved her final monologue. We don't deserve her.
The first thing that comes to my mind when i read the title of the post is the joke that Ricky Gervais made about her in the Golden globes. XD
P.S. I have no intention to watch Cats