The journalist David Aaronovitch thought Beale's interpretation of the character definitive : " . . . the Widmerpool who insinuated his podgy bulk into my private space was . . . Simon Russell Beale's Widmerpool, who has come to stay ".
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I myself am particularly eager to see, since the prince will be played by Simon Russell Beale, a brilliantly gifted actor but short, podgy and not at all the " glass of fashion and the mould of form " described by Ophelia.
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I remember being a fat, podgy, no make-up, unsmart lady, but I made a lot of noise and he liked that and he came up to me after dinner and we had a big dance and he said : " Will you show me the gallery ?"
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The subtext of Nazi and neo-fascist plunder and environmental destruction will be subordinated for young audiences by the good-guys-versus-bad-guys stuff, which not only emerges with convincingly English specificity, but with an affection for the characters and the podgy but revered values they embody.
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At the association meeting on Thursday, opponents of Clark's candidacy had circulated parts of his diary where he had described members of his previous constituency in Plymouth as " petty, malign, clumsily conspiratorial " and Kenneth Clarke, the chancellor of the exchequer, as " that podgy life insurance risk ."
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While some critics praised Dell'Era on her pointework as the Sugar Plum Fairy ( she allegedly received five curtain-calls ), one critic called her " corpulent " and " podgy . " Olga Preobrajenskaya as the Columbine doll was panned by one critic as " completely insipid " and praised as " charming " by another.
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Aside from his best friend Bill Badger, some of the most enduring pals are an elephant ( Edward Trunk ), a mouse ( Willie ), Pong-Ping the Pekingese, Algy Pug ( who actually pre-dates Rupert ), Podgy Pig, Bingo the Brainy Pup, Freddie and Ferdy Fox, and Ming the dragon.
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Then there's a zoom-out of the kite and the only still scenes of either Rupert on his knees and crawling on the grass while Tiger Lily tries to bring down the kite from a tree, Rupert bends over lifting Bill to get kite, or Rupert trying to get the kite while Podgy eats in the apples in the trees.
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Winslet's dress, unadorned except for an asymmetrical flowered strap running across the front, was largely admired, " Cosmopolitan " declaring it simple but " ultra-flattering ", although Amanda Platell for the " New Statesman " described Winslet as resembling a " podgy mum from Muswell Hill " ( whilst declaring Berry's dress the best of the night ).
