“bright youthful things” – salon.com
Stephen Fry’s “Bright Youthful Things,” adapted from Evelyn Waugh’s gleeful, running-with-scissors 1930 satirical novel “Vile Physiques,” perfectly and admirably captures the spirit of Waugh — except if this doesn’t. Waugh set “Vile Bodies” in England, within an imaginary near-future that shares many characteristics using the real 1920s. Most particularly, it’s populated by some “bright youthful …