[The Saucepan Man]

My audience was suitably muted for a British audience. No cheering or clapping, just a few laughs at appropriate moments.<P>The reactions that amused me were an audible "Eeeuugh!" when we saw Shelob's dripping stinger just before it hit Frodo, and laughter when we saw Frodo bound up with her webs. He did look just a little too much like a mummified doll all neatly tied up like that. <P>I could feel the audience on the verge of laughter the second time we saw Gollum struggling with an invisible Frodo. It did look faintly ridiculous, so I for one am quite glad we had a second, more "visible", struggle between them.