The View From Lower Down

It's November, which means it’s the perfect time of year to start thinking about Christmas Quizzes (For you; I’ve been thinking about them since February). That’s right, it’s signup time once again for the annual Christmas movie quiz! This year, the theme (chosen by last year’s winner Raring to Snow ) is: When you signup, include your guess for what this means. 20 points available if you get it right! Think you can figure out which movie goes with which clue? Sign up using the following instructions: 1.       S end an email to  xmasmoviequiz@gmail.com , saying you want to join the quiz. 2.         Include a team name (you can also play as an individual, but you will still need to give a team name). Your team name must adhere to the following rules: a.         Maximum four words long                       b.         No offensive language c.         Do not include any real names or other personal information One word of advice - If you come up with a brilliant team name, submit it as

Good news! This review is going to be relatively spoiler free, and all spoilers are out of context. I thought about asking ChatGPT to write a review for me so we could compare the two, but unfortunately when I did it was actually pretty accurate. It even included the Easter Egg which appears in all my posts! I put it up on the blog for you to read anyway;  find it here . Of course, I know you actually came for some unrelated colour, so here it is. We saw the show at the Birmingham Rep, where we've seen several other shows. However, on this occasion, we weren't in the main auditorium at all, but in the secondary theatre The Door ("How many theatres are in this theatre anyway?" Fun fact: I just spelled weren't incorrectly twice before getting it right. The Door is a perfectly fine performance space, but it is a lot more intimate than the main auditorium. I was expecting this. what I was not expecting was for the theatre to be in darkness when we arrived. There were

 DISCLAIMER: MOST OF THIS POST WAS WRITTEN BY AI. ALL BITS I WROTE ARE IN NORMAL TEXT; ALL AI COPY IS ITALICISED. I originally wanted to ask ChatGPT to do a review in my style so we could see how laughingly inaccurate it was, but when I did, it actually wrote quite a decent review, and although it lacked the some of my trademark humour™ You can't trademark common English words - Ed. See? Although it lacked the some of my trademark humour I use in my posts, you could see the influence there. But first, I'll show you ChatGPT's first attempt. Prompt:  Write a review of the man who thought he knew too much in the style of The View From Lower Down ChatGPT: Review of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much As Seen from the Ground Up In the quiet tradition of storytelling that tends to slip underfoot rather than stride boldly across the stage, The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much offers up an underwhelming protagonist whose self-assurance becomes his unraveling. It’s the story of Hub

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  Want to join the quiz but can't think of a suitable team name? Common tricks employed are to use a Christmas based pun (for example, We Three Things ), or to use a name associated with you in some way (I might use Lower Viewpoint ). Of course, you can't use your real name, but nicknames are fine. If you can't come up with a decent pun, just Google "Christmas quiz team names", or if you want something a bit more personal, ask ChatGPT, e.g. "Christmas quiz team names for wheelchair users" (this came up with several suggestions; my personal favourite was Wheely Merry Christmas ) If you're a fan of sharks (or Moore era Bond movies), you could combine both and call your team Santa Jaws ! To remind you, the rules are: 1. No real names 2. No offensive language 3. Names must be four words or less Outside of those rules, pretty much anything goes, although I reserve the right to ask you to change it if I think it is inappropriate. Of course, you could go ba