My Telly Diary: Power and Patriarchy
Another week without theatre because I got my live cultural fixes this week from London Pride then Wet Leg and Pulp all on the same day. All lovely experiences although it reminded me how annoying other people can be*, despite the uplifting experience of a crowd cheering or singing in unison. I can report Pride still keeps a tiny beating heart of protest in there despite the size of the crowds and corporate-ness. Wet Leg were as entertaining as I hoped and Jarvis has definitely still got it. What I have done though is watch some films and tv on streaming so here are my ramblings about those instead. God’s Own Country Brokeback Mountain with a Yorkshire accent. I really enjoyed this redemption story from 2017 about a trapped young man (Josh O'Connor) keeping the family farm together in desperate circumstances and with a coping strategy involving alcohol and casual sex. He is saved in more ways than one by a Romanian farm worker (Alec Secareanu) who co...