[Afamilyatwar-list] [Afamilyatwar-lisSo do you remember this series?

[Scott Filderman]

It’s always shocking to re-realize how Victorian American television and films have always been.
Watching Sam and AFAW (and Onedin Line) and hearing such “routine” words as damn, bastard, bitch (we won’t go into bloody), and pregnant and references to prostitution and other bodily matters reminds me how inclusive European standards are and how exclusive (read repressed) ours are. And these are early 1970s programs! I keep turning to my wife and exclaiming “That would never happen on American TV!”
I remember seeing a bare-breasted dancer in a 1922 Fritz Lang film. We knew Berlin was decadent, but WOW!
“Downbeat” might be one keyword for Mr. Finch’s work; I prefer “honest.”






On Thursday, June 14, 2018, 8:32 AM, John Finch via Afamilyatwar-list <afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu> wrote:

On 14.06.2018 10:35, Steve Finch steve--- via Afamilyatwar-list wrote:
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Hi Steve,    See you've been busy,  Don't like the new cover for A SHAFT 
OF LIGHT.  What was wrong with the original publication of Cuddon Return 
was the title.  I think the picture was better than those which 
succeeded it. No sign that they improved sales; I think only a good 
review in a national would help there and reviewers tend to be put off 
by anything obviously commercial.  Too early to say whether the emphasis 
on The Street connection will work, but it should.    With THE SPOILS OF 
WAR it's worth remember that this was the least sucessul of my series, 
and only one episode got in the top ten.  It did slightly better on dvd 
but nothing to shout about.  THE YEAR NEXT YEAR did better.  Don't like 
my poetry published in extracts; only a poem in its entity can make 
sense.  Overall I think there are dangers in over-commercialisation 
with my stuff as what the audience like is the downbeat quality.  
Family at War was massively publicised but its taken over 40 years to 
get a repeat, and that has been under-publicised.  I'd love to know what 
the viewing figures are. Still, its early days and it will take a week 
or two to see if the Corie connection makes a difference.  
Incidentally, the phrase "Black bitch" was used in a recent BBC 
tranmission, and nothing has been said.  What price Offcom!!!!!    Dad
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