Karen writes:
What do you think of the This Is England series by Shane Meadows, depicting life in the Thatcher '80s?
Um, poop would probably be a good word, Karen. To be fair, I only watched the first This Is England, supposedly set in 1983, but the atmosphere was far more 1978/1979/1980. It was all more hip hop by 1983. And having read Shane Meadows's bleatings about how he remembers Thatcher coming to power when he was a little tot because his school dinners turned nasty - well, that seemed like poop too.
I was brought up on a sink estate in the 1970s and early 1980s, and it was nothing like This Is England. Shane was too young to really know the early 1980s.
Sorry, I couldn't bear Thatcher - but I can't bear trendy Lefties like Shane Meadows either.
But the Guardian LOVES him.
Enough said.
What do you think of the This Is England series by Shane Meadows, depicting life in the Thatcher '80s?
Um, poop would probably be a good word, Karen. To be fair, I only watched the first This Is England, supposedly set in 1983, but the atmosphere was far more 1978/1979/1980. It was all more hip hop by 1983. And having read Shane Meadows's bleatings about how he remembers Thatcher coming to power when he was a little tot because his school dinners turned nasty - well, that seemed like poop too.
I was brought up on a sink estate in the 1970s and early 1980s, and it was nothing like This Is England. Shane was too young to really know the early 1980s.
Sorry, I couldn't bear Thatcher - but I can't bear trendy Lefties like Shane Meadows either.
But the Guardian LOVES him.
Enough said.
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