The old woman's lessons carry a sour but recognisable little truth.
While individual characters may push the envelope of eccentricity, the horrors of a band on tour are as recognisable as the home truths of Spinal Tap (you can almost hear David St Hubbins exclaiming: "Too much fuckin' perspective").
He told the Daily Mirror: "It seemed like a good idea in the beginning but the truth is, he's too recognisable.
When I started my second novel Half of a Yellow Sun, set before and during the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-1970, I hoped that emotional truth would be its major recognisable trait.
In truth, these missed couplings are quite recognisable as the stuff of the Monkeys' first album – just written larger now and in flickering neon.
Do you think you're starting to look like him, I say, tongue-in-cheek, although there's an element of truth to it; he's still recognisable from his cinematic glory days but his face is craggier now, crisscrossed with experience.
"She has the ability as an actor to tell the truth out of the material, and that truth is immediately recognisable with everybody because it hits you in your heart, your solar plexus and your mind.
The sad truth is Mobo organisers have a tendency of ignoring many of our best musicians in favour of more recognisable, but less talented, performers – irrespective of race, record sales or credibility.
There's a recognisable market.
