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Post by usmcbrat on Jul 24, 2018 13:47:03 GMT
linkHow Does British PM May Relax? Walking, Cooking and U.S. Police Drama NCIS
NEWCASTLE (REUTERS) - British Prime Minister Theresa May gave some insight on Monday about how she deals with what one voter said was the most stressful job in the world: walking with her husband, cooking and watching U.S. police drama NCIS.
While on a visit to a factory to the northern English city of Newcastle, May was asked how she coped with "the world's most stressful job".
"I like walking so my husband and I enjoy going walking when we can, taking holidays walking," May said. "I enjoy cooking which has a benefit because you get to eat it as well as make it. I have over 150 cookbooks so I spend quite a lot of time looking at cookbooks."
"I quite like watching NCIS when I can," May said.
(Writing by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Costas Pitas)
Copyright 2018 Thomson Reuters.
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Post by mchnelson on Jul 24, 2018 16:36:20 GMT
Quick, buy her a Gibbs “Don’t make me slap you” t-shirt. So we can get on with Brexit. She can wear it at the next “Away Day”.
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Post by jessielee on Jul 25, 2018 22:45:18 GMT
NCIS: The gung-ho TV drama that Theresa May loves
The American TV series is bigger than Game of Thrones. Debra Craine looks at its appeal
So Theresa May likes to unwind by watching NCIS? She’s in good company. The American police procedural, about the brave men and women of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is arguably the most-watched TV show in the world. And, thanks to exhaustive syndication, the CBS franchise is everywhere.
Tune in your digibox at 7pm tonight and you will find a classic episode of NCIS on Fox, 5USA and Universal TV. Two hours later, you can catch the latest episode in the fourth season of NCIS: New Orleans; on Sunday night you can pick up the ninth season of NCIS: Los Angeles on Sky One. The original NCIS just wrapped up its 15th season and a 16th is in the works. It’s watched by 50 million viewers worldwide. Game of Thrones: eat your heart out.
What’s the attraction? Between celebrating the servicemen and women of the world’s biggest navy and upholding true blue American values, NCIS is bellicose and jingoistic — with its unabashed patriotism it’s the kind of show we Brits would never make. It espouses certainty in an uncertain world and a gung-ho attitude that gets the job done as quickly and efficiently as possible while brooking no dissent. Maybe that’s why May, in her more despairing Brexit moments, is a fan.
Whenever there’s a crime involving navy or Marine personnel — a surprising number, as it turns out — Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs and his crack team of Washington-based operatives are called upon to bring the perpetrators to justice. Like all American shows of its ilk, it has awe-inspiring forensics, fabulous gadgets, absorbing puzzles to solve and plenty of machismo firepower.
Its colourful cast includes the prerequisite science geek, a crusty old medical examiner (played by the British actor David McCallum), a glamorous, kickass female and a flirtatious, wisecracking male. And yes, the good guy almost always wins. It’s non-threatening, simplistic and as easy to digest as a gin and tonic after a hard day at the office.
Other US crime-fighting dramas are gorier (Bones), more intelligently scripted (Elementary), better acted (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and with a higher body count (Hawaii Five-O), but few are as much fun as NCIS. The show doesn’t shy away from the dark side of humanity (especially where it involves terrorism), but the scriptwriters often leaven gravity with frivolity, while the amiable NCIS crew (despite quite a few recent cast changes) engender familiarity and viewer loyalty.
None more so than Gibbs, the show’s not-so-secret weapon. Played by the former pretty boy actor Mark Harmon, this ex-Marine may be much-divorced and lacking in most social graces, but there’s no denying the twinkle in his eye and the vigour in his step. The 66-year-old Harmon is the hottest silver fox on television, which cannot have escaped the prime minister. What woman of a certain age wouldn’t want to spend an hour in his company?
www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/times2/ncis-the-gung-ho-tv-drama-that-theresa-may-loves-88pg8vwfp
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Post by usmcbrat on Jul 25, 2018 23:06:09 GMT
Bellicose and Jingoistic. Perhaps not a fan.
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Post by pdsmith777 on Jul 26, 2018 1:02:02 GMT
Bellicose and Jingoistic. Perhaps not a fan.
Also interesting that it's comparisons were also insult related, (although I will agree that Elementary is better written, at least for the last two to three season's it has been) better acted, less gory, lower body count, although I'm not sure why the author would consider less gore and lower body count as a negative.
Glad that Mrs. May likes the show. And even with the US ratings on a downward trend, it's still the most watched in the world. That does say something.
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Post by usmcbrat on Jul 26, 2018 21:02:13 GMT
I was surprised to see such a venerable publication such as the London Times publish an article that was so skewed - but it was an entertainment article, so perhaps it is allowed in that capacity?
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Post by llyan on Jul 27, 2018 22:45:22 GMT
I saw that article but most of it was hidden behind a registration wall and I didn't have the time to go through the process of signing up to get access to the whole thing. Now I'm kinda glad I didn't!
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