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...been in the Pudding before or seen a show," Andersson says.In the case of this year's script, the new comp process allowed for just that type of early collaboration. The show was initially set in an enchanted forest, but the setting was later changed to a fairy tale kingdom."Once we sent the script to the director, he came back and felt it needed to have a little more of a solidified setting, something the audience could grsp onto readily," Andersson says. "The Pudding is such a big spectacle even it needs to be very grounded, even...
...past, the embarrassingly naïve and volatile young Elizabeth from the first film brings a fresh element of realism to the legend of the personality. In this second film, however, Elizabeth is vulnerable in a different way: she has to work to govern herself as well as her kingdom, and she must learn to accept her demanding and often lonely role as Queen of England. The camera often peers down on her from above, showing her in the middle of a huge hall, dwarfed by the centuries of history about her. The film’s biggest disappointment lies...
Peter Ritter, On the Hermit Kingdom...
...North Korea continues to receive commercial support from neighboring countries, which hold out hope that Kim's hostile kingdom can be enlightened through greater integration with the global economy. China, North Korea's biggest trading partner, has increased its dealings with the North. Trade between the countries was up 5.4% in the first 11 months of 2006, to about $1.54 billion. Much of that commerce was one-way--Chinese food and electronics moving into North Korea--but about 150 Chinese companies are doing business there. "Once the political situation stabilizes and medium-size enterprises begin to discover North Korea...
...Spain's Basque country. And then the police swept in, virtually besieging the town for several hours. In the end, the government arrested all 23 as members of the directorate of Batasuna, the political arm of ETA, the armed group that seeks to separate the Basque provinces from the Kingdom of Spain. The action against Batasuna was ordered by Judge Baltasar Garzon who is investigating the links between ETA and Batasuna. It was those same allegedly links that got Batasuna banned as a political party...