| [R] Thought on Johnny Maxwell [message #263666] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 12:41 |
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We know, because Pterry said so, that Johnny is based loosely
on Just William, or at least on what William would be like had
he been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Century of
the Fruitbat. Which raises the question (at least to me) can
the rest of Johnny's gang be mapped onto the Outlaws?
I haven't read Richmal Crompton's books recently enough to
work this out beyond the obvious statement that Kirsty is the
'90s Violet Elizabeth (at least, as much as Johnny is
William), and a vague recollection that Ginger was the wildest
of them, so probably Bigmac. Anyone else?
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Dave
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"What do monsters have nightmares about?"
"Me!"
-The Doctor
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| Re: Thought on Johnny Maxwell [message #263841 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 23:20 |
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Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
> We know, because Pterry said so, that Johnny is based loosely
> on Just William, or at least on what William would be like had
> he been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Century of
> the Fruitbat. Which raises the question (at least to me) can
> the rest of Johnny's gang be mapped onto the Outlaws?
>
> I haven't read Richmal Crompton's books recently enough to
> work this out beyond the obvious statement that Kirsty is the
> '90s Violet Elizabeth (at least, as much as Johnny is
> William), and a vague recollection that Ginger was the wildest
> of them, so probably Bigmac. Anyone else?
>
> --
> Dave
> Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
> http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
> "What do monsters have nightmares about?"
> "Me!"
> -The Doctor
There was Douglas and Henry. Douglas was the one always getting into
trouble, and I can't remember very much about Henry.
Also I haven't read the Johnny books recently so I don't know who those
two would correspond to. :-)
ansh
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| Re: Thought on Johnny Maxwell [message #263860 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 00:57 |
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In a speech called
1147123200.088668.97950 [at] j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
ansh uttered thus:
> Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
> > We know, because Pterry said so, that Johnny is based loosely
> > on Just William, or at least on what William would be like had
> > he been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Century of
> > the Fruitbat. Which raises the question (at least to me) can
> > the rest of Johnny's gang be mapped onto the Outlaws?
> >
> > I haven't read Richmal Crompton's books recently enough to
> > work this out beyond the obvious statement that Kirsty is the
> > '90s Violet Elizabeth (at least, as much as Johnny is
> > William), and a vague recollection that Ginger was the wildest
> > of them, so probably Bigmac. Anyone else?
> >
>
> There was Douglas and Henry. Douglas was the one always getting
> into trouble, and I can't remember very much about Henry.
>
> Also I haven't read the Johnny books recently so I don't know who
> those two would correspond to. :-)
>
> ansh
I think Douglas might correspond to Wobbler, leaving Henry to
correspond to Yo-Less. Not entirely sure what I base this on,
though...
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| Re: Thought on Johnny Maxwell [message #263875 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 03:00 |
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I wonder if "Don't forget, one of them was ginger!" works.
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