Meera Syal had a lovely response to this criticism of ‘no Beatles movie’ Yesterday
Opinion appears to be divided over Danny Boyle’s new movie Yesterday, which imagines a world in which a struggling musician (Hamish Patel) is the only person who has heard of the Beatles.
Some people are put off by the conceit of the movie because it’s so, you know, unbelievable. Except this person spotted something in the film which was even harder to get their head round.
https://twitter.com/nikeshshukla/status/1144602748513660928
Lots of people responded, including one of the cast, Sanjeev Bhaskar.
We were only trying to fit in! 🙂
— Sanjeev Bhaskar (@TVSanjeev) June 28, 2019
It made the whole concept crumble if I’m being honest. I could suspend my disbelief for the beatles not existing. But outdoor shoes in the house?!
— The Boxer OUT NOW (@nikeshshukla) June 28, 2019
At least you hopefully know there was a carom board in the house. Straight choice shoes or carom board. #sophieschoice
— Sanjeev Bhaskar (@TVSanjeev) June 28, 2019
I’m going tonight. There’s no one touching books with their feet is there? Or shoes on sofa? My mother will rise from the grave and hit me for just watching that.
— Dr Sam Akbar (@MindsShe) June 28, 2019
Sorry, no spoilers:)
— Sanjeev Bhaskar (@TVSanjeev) June 28, 2019
But the best response came from another of the film’s cast (and Bhaskar’s wife) Meera Syal.
When you say 'tupperware', you mean empty yoghurt pots and ice cream tubs, right?
— Yasmeen Khan (@yasmeenkhan1) June 28, 2019
Which are always used for daal, obviously 🤦🏻♀️
— MrsE (@dreamer_ka) June 28, 2019
To be fair, we’ve been way ahead of recycling plastics in our own way!
— Shanela (@esszed78) June 28, 2019