Topic: | Re: nothing's changed... | |
Posted by: | Stuart Kerr | |
Date/Time: | 15/11/15 14:23:00 |
Jonny Speight's and Warren Mitchell's brilliant Alf Garnett was arguably the most socially important satirical creation in television history. With England in the mid 60's still riddled with racism, prejudice and the sort of pig-ignorant opinionated claptrap Alf spewed ad nauseam – Mr Garnett was created to be laughed AT as opposed to WITH. Yet ironically many agreed with the old git. They weren't meant to – but many did. As countless birdbrains, albeit in different contexts, still do 50 years later.. Alas - nothing's changed that much... Millions (as Alf would have done) still seek their enlightenment in the leader columns of the Daily Mail. Millions remain intolerant of anything, everything and anyone they either don't understand, don't agree with or are vaguely scared of. And far too many still take deep offence at anything that provokes even the slightest “inappropriate” thoughts that go beyond the narrow status-quo of “accepted” respectability. |