Posted on 14/11/2020 16:29
Having lunch today we were flicking through the TV channels and happened upon an old Carry On film, Carry on Loving I think it was called. They are far from PC but they do make me laugh in a predictable way. It just got me thinking, they probably couldn't make films like this anymore.
David
Posted on 14/11/2020 18:19 byIt's OK to like them DK; Alan Bennet says so:
"While they have no intrinsic artistic merit they achieve some of the permanence of art simply by persisting and acquire an incremental significance if only as social history."
That makes me laugh!
Posted on 14/11/2020 20:08
Thank you WTG, I feel better now
I think Alan Bennett probably sums it up.
One of my favourite scenes from the series goes back to one of the black and white films Carry On Sergeant. I remember a scene with Bob Monkhouse who, along with other recruits was having a lesson on Bren Guns but instead of paying attention he was watching Shirley Eaton out of the window. Realising this, the instructor taking the lesson asked him to come up to the front to reassemble the Bren Gun. Bob Monkhouse went to the front of the class and immediately reassembled the Bren Gun in seconds. In disbelief the instructor ask how he did that. With a smirk on his face Bob Monkhouse replied that he used to make them!!! That was perhaps a little more innocent than later films in the series.
David
Posted on 14/11/2020 19:59 by Rocky 2 bucketsIt’s also very telling.
Posted on 14/11/2020 20:11 byAB is always very "telling". But if we are too po faced about such stuff then we'd no longer read Chaucer's poetry or watch Shakespeare's plays or read Jane Austen's novels.
Posted on 14/11/2020 20:26
On the face of it I agree, but If I drill down then I don’t.We each have our own set of morals & limits of what is morally acceptable, we don’t live to others standards we project our own. I’ve tried the carry on genre & I don’t like it, not one bit. Others do & i’m happy for them👍🏻
Posted on 14/11/2020 20:26 by Rocky 2 bucketsOn the face of it I agree, but If I drill down then I don’t.We each have our own set of morals & limits of what is morally acceptable, we don’t live to others standards we project our own. I’ve tried the carry on genre & I don’t like it, not one bit. Others do & i’m happy for them👍🏻
Posted on 14/11/2020 20:49 byIs it to do with aesthetics or morality?
If to do with morality then what do you allow or ban? The Taming of the Shrew? Merchant of Venice? Some of Enid Blyton's books? Children's stories by the likes of Lorna Hill, Ruby Ferguson?
Or do we expunge all that? So history began yesterday? Do you burn all the books? Or do we retain, question and educate?
Posted on 14/11/2020 21:34
None, I’m not a banning type, nor do I judge morally. I have an open mind I realise just because I dislike something doesn’t mean it should be banned. I find that very black or white, free will allows us all choices. I take it you are a fan of George Orwell judging by your post. The whole carry on franchise is steeped in mysogyny, sexism, racism too. I find none of that entertaining.
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