Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I really enjoyed it.
I'll admit, it got me rooting for Mary by the end of it, against that odious Hugh
I'll admit, it got me rooting for Mary by the end of it, against that odious Hugh
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story tonight BBC2
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Oh tell tell !!
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
That nice Mr Enoch Powell.
yes, though they done a documentary about how he was right after all only recently.
So it'll have to be Sir Oswold Moseley
I agree. It was watchable but i was a bit disappointed.
clandestino
no llevar papel
Apparently he made a very good chutney!
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
Julie Walters was brilliant as always and had me routing for Whitehouse throughout.
Then I remebered that if she got her way, we wouldn't have Shameless.
Then I remebered that if she got her way, we wouldn't have Shameless.
maldwyn
What?
Was that Norma being canvassed at her door?Then I remebered that if she got her way, we wouldn't have Shameless.
I thought it was just too soft-focused, the witch came to have and was supported by people with an odious agenda, as seen in the prosecution of Gay News.
Despite being a reasonably good and amusing production (slightly obvious jokes but some first-class acting) I couldn’t comfortably take it at face value.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Been done by the BBC a few years ago. Pretty sympathetic it was too, given that he was a total cunt.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
This is why you can't make drama out of nasty people's lives. On some level dramas need the viewer to sympathise with the main protagonist. Otherwise you don't care what happens to them and no dramatic tension can build.I really enjoyed it.
I'll admit, it got me rooting for Mary by the end of it, against that odious Hugh
A film about Mary Whitehouse's son/daughter - could work. A film actually about her - never will. Generally, dead cunts should be left to rot in peace.
I've looked but can't find any info about a repeat
... are you sure? I thought the Oxford Group was way too posh/snobby for lower middle-class types like the Whitehouses..
... are you sure? I thought the Oxford Group was way too posh/snobby for lower middle-class types like the Whitehouses..
Mary first met Ernest when she went to a meeting that he was addressing as a member of the Oxford Group. 'In 1935 she became a member of the Wolverhampton branch of the Oxford Group' and they remained connected with Moral Rearmamament until Ernest's illness in 1956. (Max Caulfield, Mary Whitehouse, Mowbrays, 1975, pp.35-36)
It's that background that makes sense of her obsessive anti-communism in the 1960s and '70s.
KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
There was something nagging at me when I was watching it and it reminded me of something else that gave me a feeling that I really don't want to identify with this appalling bigot and resented the attempts to make me feel sorry for her. The only other time in recent times when I've felt that feeling of 'I really want the main character to fuck up' was when watching Downfall. Not that I'm comparing Whitehouse with the one testicled Austrian 
but it was a similar feeling of not wanting to feel any sort of affinity, identification or sympathy with the main charachter of the biopic.
but it was a similar feeling of not wanting to feel any sort of affinity, identification or sympathy with the main charachter of the biopic.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
It wasn't the Mary Whitehouse I remember at all. I enjoyed the programme though...still available to watch on BBC iplayer for a few more days....
