![]() Hints of British understatement occasionally permeate through, however: there is some water on stage during a shower scene, but nobody is as drenched as they would be had they actually had a shower. Beck and Ovenden, in the lead roles, are sublime in ‘Some Enchanted Evening’. It’s also one of those shows with memorable and popular tunes – it’s hardly by accident that despite never having seen a stage production of South Pacific before, I recognised the likes of ‘I’m Gonna Wash That Men Right Outta My Hair’ and ‘Younger Than Springtime’. It’s a long first act, with twenty musical numbers – the second act has eight – and I’m not sure everything in the show was entirely suitable for the young children in the audience: the show has young children in it, but they aren’t on stage when military men are attempting to satisfy their urges. Keir Charles’ Luther Billis has great stage presence, leading the other ‘Seabees’ (enlisted members of the United States Naval Construction Battalions – yes, I did look that up) in an enthusiastic rendering of ‘There is Nothin’ Like A Dame’. This is all very much Chichester Festival Theatre doing Rodgers and Hammerstein – it’s dazzling stuff, sung with verve and conviction, with choreography drilled to (just about) perfection. I shouldn’t really call them ensemble numbers, as there is, technically, no ensemble: each and every one of the thirty-three characters on stage is given a name. But elsewhere, there’s a lot of fun to be had, particularly in the larger ensemble numbers. Cable sings ‘You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught’, in which he makes it clear that the sort of “ hate and fear” of “ people whose skin is a different shade” is not something that anybody is born with. South Pacific, set in World War Two, in the, um, South Pacific islands, must have been somewhat progressive when it first hit Broadway in 1949, with a stance on racism that remains pertinent to this day. Julian Ovenden as Emile, Gina Beck as Nellie in Chichester Festival Theatre’s SOUTH PACIFIC – Photo Johan Persson. Lt Joseph Cable (Rob Houchen) also decides against going any further with local girl Liat (Sara Maehara), though he might have had a lucky escape of sorts, with Liat’s mother, known as Bloody Mary (Joanna Ampil) wanting to marry her daughter off for what she perceives to be maximum financial gain. Except that one might, but perhaps the explicitly stated reasons for not wanting to go any deeper with someone else would be rather more circumspect. This list was compiled using health data, government information, and product websites to bring you a comprehensive run-down of might-as-well-be-junk foods that are dressing up healthy.These days one wouldn’t have the likes of Nellie Forbush (Gina Beck) bluntly telling, albeit apologetically, Emile de Bacque (Julian Ovenden) that any possible signs of a blossoming relationship have zero chance of coming to fruition on account of Emile being a widower to someone who wasn’t white. The same is true for prepackaged foods like store-bought smoothies, salad kits, and instant oatmeal. Some common trends in “health” food are illuminated in this list - for example, granola, the hippie’s favorite breakfast cereal, can pack a lot of added sugar to your breakfast unless you make it from scratch. ![]() On top of that, some naturally healthy foods, like eggs, have been separated from their still-healthy parts - the yolks - in order to be marketed as better for you. So, if you want to consume truly healthy snacks, you need to know what to cross off your shopping list on your next trip to the grocery store - or know which aisles to speed-walk past entirely. On the other hand, some snacks have been marketed as healthy and nutritious when they are chock-full of not-so-healthy ingredients. Some guilty pleasure foods are exactly as unhealthy as you’re expecting - cough potato chips cough. ![]() ![]() Always, always read the fine print on the back of the box. ![]()
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