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Like all the "racist" sit coms of this era the real target of ridicule is the racist himself so do we really need to censor the stage version of Rising Damp?
Like all the "racist" sit coms of this era the real target of ridicule is the racist himself so do we really need to censor the stage version of Rising Damp?
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There is a fine line to be walked here.
On the one hand, as a period piece, the dialogue must retain the attitudes and predjudices that made that characters who they were.
On the other hand, modern society cannot simply suspend the progress it has made in eradicating bigotry simply to pretend for an evening that such attitudes are - or ever were - acceptable.
I am sure that a writer of the calibre of Eric Chapel can walk that line successfully - and leave out the more outre references to Rigsby's small-minded attitudes to race and education.
Audiences are more sophisticated these days, sledgehammer satire is no longer required, you can subtley lay the attitude down in the script, and let the audience build the inference for itself. That way, the only offence caused should be to people who are actively looking for it in the first place.
On the one hand, as a period piece, the dialogue must retain the attitudes and predjudices that made that characters who they were.
On the other hand, modern society cannot simply suspend the progress it has made in eradicating bigotry simply to pretend for an evening that such attitudes are - or ever were - acceptable.
I am sure that a writer of the calibre of Eric Chapel can walk that line successfully - and leave out the more outre references to Rigsby's small-minded attitudes to race and education.
Audiences are more sophisticated these days, sledgehammer satire is no longer required, you can subtley lay the attitude down in the script, and let the audience build the inference for itself. That way, the only offence caused should be to people who are actively looking for it in the first place.
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"The BBC article implies that the original cast are dead."
that's interesting Methyl, have you actually read the article?
There's a present tense quote from Don Warrington, who is named as one of the people interviewed for the article (spiritualism at the BBC?????) the actors who have died are named and Frances de la Tour is only mentioned as being 35 years older.
Not sure how that "implies that they are dead"?
that's interesting Methyl, have you actually read the article?
There's a present tense quote from Don Warrington, who is named as one of the people interviewed for the article (spiritualism at the BBC?????) the actors who have died are named and Frances de la Tour is only mentioned as being 35 years older.
Not sure how that "implies that they are dead"?
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The whole show is new. It's not like they're taking a script from the tv show and performing it word-for-word.
If they tailored in storylines from the show, I'm sure that any writer worth his salt would be able to convey meaning and character traits which are appropriate for 2013 audiences.
And there are other examples of old comedies that would be difficult to repear now without some form of rewrite.
Remember Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping? That scene where her bra flies off and hits Kenneth Williams in the face?
How we laughed.
She was playing a schoolgirl.
The whole show is new. It's not like they're taking a script from the tv show and performing it word-for-word.
If they tailored in storylines from the show, I'm sure that any writer worth his salt would be able to convey meaning and character traits which are appropriate for 2013 audiences.
And there are other examples of old comedies that would be difficult to repear now without some form of rewrite.
Remember Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping? That scene where her bra flies off and hits Kenneth Williams in the face?
How we laughed.
She was playing a schoolgirl.
sp1814
sp1814
/// Remember Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping? That scene where her bra flies off and hits Kenneth Williams in the face? ///
One she wasn't a schoolgirl, maybe a student at a Ladies Finishing School but never a 'school girl' in the real sense, and secondly as the bra flew off her hands straight away covered her modesty.
She was playing a schoolgirl.
sp1814
/// Remember Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping? That scene where her bra flies off and hits Kenneth Williams in the face? ///
One she wasn't a schoolgirl, maybe a student at a Ladies Finishing School but never a 'school girl' in the real sense, and secondly as the bra flew off her hands straight away covered her modesty.
She was playing a schoolgirl.
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