TheFatControlleR
L'éminence Grise, Devil's Advocate & AP Fanboy!
Reged: 24/04/2001
Posts: 10330
Loc: In A Glass Darkly
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REGGIE PERRIN AT WHITSTABLE BIENNALE
It's one of the most enduring images of the British sitcom - the sight of Leonard Rossiter abandoning his clothes on the shoreline and striking out into the sea at the start of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'. Now artist Lee Campbell is intending to stage a mass re-enactment of this tragicomic vignette at this month's Whitstable Biennale.Remake a scene: re-enact the Perrin sequence at the Whitstable Biennale
Anyone who has ever felt like faking their own suicide - and even those who are just game for a laugh - should head down to the main beach on Saturday 28th of June, the penultimate weekend of the festival, for a 4pm gathering.Volunteers will be asked to chant many of Reggie and his boss CJ's catchphrases, most notably 'I didn't get where I am today' and then, Lee explains: 'run into the sea wearing second-hand suits or office wear. The participants will strip off to their undies and let their office clothes drift away into the sea, finally emerging from the water as new and refreshed individuals!'
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May prove to be an inneresting photo op... 
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TheFatControlleR
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velocette
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Reged: 10/08/2006
Posts: 235
Loc: North Surrey
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It could only be Whitstable. Went there last year for the first time in forty years and it still looked and felt like it was still in the 1950's or at most early sixties. Really enjoyed it though. If an alien life form wanted to land on earth and study us for a while without being recognised they be well advised to pick Whitstable as nobody would notice and they'd fit right in. I loved the place, great for photography and it's got its own brewery.
Unfortunately I’ll be there the Saturday after for the second time in forty years.
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