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Scrubbers, Mai Zetterling (1982)

Horace (BBC, 1972)

"I have injections, I do, for diabetes."

"Eh?"

"That's what I've got, diabetes."

"Is it catching?"

"No. I don't think so."

#horace #alan clarke #Single play #Roy Minton #1972 #barry jackson #Stephen Tantum #Talfryn Thomas #Christine Hargreaves #James Mellor #Hazel Coppen #Patricia Lawrence #Howard Goorney #Robert Hartley #Ken Parry #Caleigh Simmons #Daphne Heard #Pamela Miles #Eric Francis #Minton was one of Clarke's most frequent collaborators‚ the two having worked together from their first days in TV (and ultimately #Resulting in their joint opus‚ Scum). Both were also well known for their work in social realism and downbeat‚ distressing fare (again‚ see #Scum); this comes as something of an oddity then. I'm not sure there's anything in their combined careers with as light a touch or so #Clearly intended as comedy (in fact a decade later Minton would reunite with star Jackson for a sitcom follow up of Horace's adventures‚#Only this time on ITV and without Clarke). Sure there are touches of the real world and backgrounds of poverty and abuse peaking through #The cracks here‚ but the tone is unmistakably one of simpler‚ more irreverent mishaps and asides. Clarke uses warm earthy tones and natural #Light to bathe the whole play in a gentle warmth to match the script (also unusually he uses non diegetic music which is a real rarity in #Clarke's work). And yet despite all this... This has probably been one of my least favourite plays from the BFI Clarke set. Mostly that is #Down to a matter of taste (or perhaps lack of): Forrest Gump style narratives about characters with learning disabilities played by actors #Without them tend to leave me cold. They're usually either patronising and ill judged or misery porn; this isn't quite either but it's stil #A misjudged project which lowered the respect I had for Jackson as an actor (god knows what the sitcom version was like)

Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989): Funny Farm/Scum

Disc Six of the BFI's Alan Clarke boxset reaches the controversial and once-banned Scum. The post Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989): Funny Farm/Scum appeared first on The Digital Fix. http://dlvr.it/LbwD02

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Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989): Under the Age/Horace

The Alan Clarke boxset reaches Under the Age and Horace, both from 1972. The post Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969-1989): Under the Age/Horace appeared first on The Digital Fix. http://dlvr.it/LXXQyS

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