Today the death was announced at the age of 87 of Glenda Jackson, an impressive public figure in British society. Combining politics, with her work as a parliamentarian and in the Ministry of Transport during Tony Blair’s government, and her acting, the job for which she is undoubtedly most remembered and where she proved to be a famous interpreter and all-rounder.
Award-winning in every possible area, with awards for her work in theatre, television and film, and showing an ability to work all genres, from period drama to comedy, as well as regularly working with authors such as Ken Russell. Jackson was a very complete and thoroughbred British interpretershowing that he could command even projects as peculiar as the one that gave him one of his two Oscars, the romantic comedy ‘A touch of class‘.
An adventure with a view of Gibraltar
Jackson stars in this film with screwball romance ambitions that not only landed her an award at the Academy Awards, but It was also nominated for Best Picture.. A project about infidelities and trips to Spain that had to pair her with Cary Grant, the first choice for the male role that finally went to George Segal, and that can be enjoyed streaming through Amazon Prime Video and Filmin.
Segal plays a married American businessman living in London, while Jackson is a divorced clothing designer who replicates haute couture to sell at popular prices. The fortuitous meeting of her shows friction, but also an attraction that they decide to carry out in a secret adventure. This clandestine romance will be taken on a trip to Malaga for some sexual encounters with a view to Gibraltar, but it will be pushed to the limit in a series of discussions and peculiar situations that will show more than just physical passion.
The tone so sharp and crazy that the director and screenwriter Melvin Frank It clearly inherits from the classic romantic comedy of the 40s, together with the fact that the male character was intended for Grant, it makes it clear that her character is modeled around the charisma of protagonists such as Katharine Hepburn and other laughing companions of the star. , which managed to be written with intelligence and taste. Jackson is able to fill those shoes and clothe her character with a deliciously poisonous British cynicism that makes her the brightest of the function.
‘A touch of class’: classic and hilarious
Such a classic film, in addition to so many cultural clashes between the United States and England, is almost anomalous for such a little bit of studio Hollywood as the seventies. But ‘A Touch of Class’ doesn’t feel overly anachronistic, thanks to some bittersweet touches at the end that bring it up to date. His entanglements manage to be the sea of funespecially when the hilarious character of Paul Sorvino enters the dynamic.
The chemistry of the protagonists is splendid, the situations are crazy and fabulous, the dialogues very sharp and exquisite. ‘A touch of class’ is a delicious candy that recovers an art that should not be lost Like the one from the romantic comedy Screwball. One of the lightest and most stupendous films that one can put on to remember an interpreter like Glenda Jackson.
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