 | irishgit (137)
05/29/2008 | Giving knighthoods for career achievements in entertaining is no more ridiculous than giving them for making a lot of money, or outright buying peerage, as has been done in the past. The Victorians made a fetish of it, ennobling Scottish textile mill owners for their ability to work children to death under the looms, or Welsh mine owners for hitching pregnant women to coal carts.
With that history, giving actors a knighthood seems positively benign.
Olivier is an undeniably brilliant actor, and like Gielgud and Guinness cut his teeth on the stage and played a wide range of characters. Olivier's filmed Shakespearean performances are arguably the best of the genre, and his range in films is tremendous.
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