Monday, May 5, 2014

THE HAT SQUAD - HISTORICAL HOSKINS


For the Toobworld Dynamic, it will always be the "Life During Prime Time" in TV series which will take precedence in consideration for inclusion into Earth Prime-Time.  So with individual TV productions centered around historical figures, each one of those can be shipped off to alternate TV dimensions of their own, perhaps sharing the same space with other TV movies and mini-series which feature variations of other historical recreations.

During his seemingly all-too-short career as an actor (at least that's how it feels to me), Bob Hoskins - who just passed away at the age of 71 - contributed many historical portrayals of the great movers and shakers from the Trueniverse.  Many of them were portrayed previously and since by other actors and for that reason each of them must move on to other TV dimensions.  And again, despite the fact that Hoskins acted out each of these roles, many of these TV movies could share a TV dimension with each other.  (For instance, it's pozz'ble, just pozz'ble, that Hopkins' portrayal of Churchill and Mussolini could occupy the same Toobworld.  I don't want to risk making that same claim for his roles of Pope John XXIII and Kruschev since there's a woman named "Rada Kruscheva" among the characters in "The Good Pope".  Rada was the daughter of Nikita Kruschev, so it's likely that if she showed up in "The Good Pope", wouldn't her father have done so as well?  (The IMDb is scant on character names for the listed cast of "The Good Pope".)  But perhaps "The Good Pope" shares the same world as "Mussolini And I", "World War II: When Lions Roared", and even "Noriega: God's Favorite".....)

Here are the main historical figures played by Bob Hoskins in the TV Universe:

POPE JOHN XXIII
AKA ANGELO RONCALLI
"THE GOOD POPE: POPE JOHN XXIII"

WINSTON CHURCHILL
"WORLD WAR II: WHEN LIONS ROARED"

NIKITA KRUSCHEV
"ENEMY AT THE GATES"

BENITO MUSSOLINI
"MUSSOLINI AND I"

MANUEL NORIEGA
"NORIEGA: GOD'S FAVORITE"

Good night and may God bless.....

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