"Minnie Driver, Lady of the Dance? Sources close to "Riverdance" mastermind Michael Flatley have told the London Times that Driver has accepted the female lead in the screen version of "Lord of the Dance," a musical drama based on Flatley's life and starring the stiff-armed stomper himself. The film goes into production later this month in Ireland and then moves to Chicago, where Flatley grew up. Peter O'Toole is said to be considering a role. Maybe they should call it "Lord Jim of the Dance." "<P>Oh dear. Pardon my cattiness (and obvious display of opinion), but I thought nice Ms. Driver had a little more sense. This came from the gossip column of Amy Reiter at <A HREF="http://www.salon.com," TARGET=_blank>www.salon.com,</A> so OF COURSE it's TOTALLY questionable. No, not just Minnie's sense, the legitimacy of Ms. Reiter's claim...

"Lord Jim of the Dance?" You can be as catty as you want, in my opinion, if you do it that well! That's a good chuckle.

I thought some of our newer readers might be interested in the earlier discussions we had about 'Riverdance', 'Lord of the Dance' and Michael Flatley. <P> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000008.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000008.html</A> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000017.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000017.html</A> <P>