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STORY




                                                                              OUR FAVE

                                                                         SPICE WORLD

                                                                               CAMEOS





                                              “Keep searching,
                                             girls – the five-star
                                               reviews are here
                                                 somewhere”

        and Mel C                             year’sRazzie(the
        are playing                           anti-Oscarawards)    JENNIFERSAUNDERS
        themselves,                          for Worst Actress     AS“FASHIONABLEWOMAN”
        gearing upfor                       in a movie. But
        a performanceatthe                thankfully, slowly but     What’s better than Jennifer in character as Ab Fab’s Edina?
        Royal AlbertHall,ata           surely, the film has turned   Her as Edina trying to one-up Posh with her fashion credentials.
        time whenSpicemaniawas     intothe cult hit it was destined to
        deafening.Whileinthemovie,we  be.One that is frenetic, bonkers,
        see the rowdy five drench Elton   cringe-worthy and so much fun.
        John in luvvy kisses and get driven    Seriously, how progressive was
        in a tour bus by Meat Loaf, real    it to have five main female stars
        life was even more star-filled   who didn’t once get weighed down
        (Princes Charles, William  and   by a romantic interest? Sure,
        Harry all attended the film’s   screaming “girl power” can get                                                 #39
        London premiere in their tuxedos).   a little tedious. But they were also  JONATHANROSS
          But while the celebrity cameos   fighting patriarchy in the form
        areendless,thefilmhardlyrestson  ofcontrollingmanagers,invasive  AS HIMSELF
        ‘Slowly but surely, Spice World                            Wossy interviews the girls about their gig, and is soon outsmarted
                                                                     by them when they start speaking in Spanish and Japanese.
        has turned into a cult hit’

        name-droppingalone.Instead,  snappersanddominantdance
        itsendsupeveryBritishtrope:  instructors(playedbyMichael
        JamesBond,AgathaChristie,  Barrymore,whodoubledup
        bloodthirsty tabloid journos    as a military drill sergeant).
        and crooked newspaper moguls.   It would be impossible to name
        Roger Moore, meanwhile, is their   our favourite bit, so instead, we’ll
        manager’s manager, an archetypal   leave you with a few of the most   DOMINICWEST
        Bond villain, spewing meaningless   choice and memorable moments.  ASASLEAZYPHOTOGRAPHER
        riddles like, “When the rabbit of   One: when aliens land and ask
        chaos is pursued by the ferret of   for the group’s autographs… and    Years before The Affair, Dominic West was getting schooled by
        disorder, it is time to hang your   a snog from Geri. Two: when they   the Spice Girls after he ordered them to be “sexy”. Big mistake.
        pants on the hook of darkness.”    rip the proverbial out of each other
        Too true, Rog.             by dressing up as each other’s
          Like many masterpieces,    personas. We especially love Vic
        Spice World was grievously   dressed as Baby Spice in blonde
        misunderstood in its own time    pigtails, declaring, “My mummy’s
        – the infamous critic Roger Ebert   my best friend.” And finally, in an
        was particularly unforgiving,   unforgettable stroke of special
        commenting, “The Spice Girls    effects ingenuity during the
        are easier to tell apart than the   climactic bus-chase, visuals    BOBHOSKINSAS
       ALLSTAR; REX FEATURES  issmallconsolation.Theyhave  version of Tower Bridge in London  In a fantasy sequence, we see the girls as secret agents. Geri is
        Mutant Ninja Turtles, but that
                                   cut to a toy bus crossing a toy
                                                                   “GERIINDISGUISE”
        nopersonalities,theirbodies
                                    summing up the very point of
        arecarriersforinanechatter.”
                                   SpiceWorld. To be silly, different,
                                                                   a master of disguise, and pops out of a phone box as Bob Hoskins. 
        Meanwhile,allfivegirlswere
                                   playful   and gloriously pointless.
        collectivelyawardedthefollowing
                                    CHARLOTTE OLIVER
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                              Like a bus
                              out of hell
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