tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post7306527271635733691..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Rolf Harris: can we see what it was yet?Tim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-30869708657069085802014-07-06T23:37:15.438+01:002014-07-06T23:37:15.438+01:00On 12th October 2012, you wrote:
"Way back w...<br /><br />On 12th October 2012, you wrote:<br /><br />"Way back when I was completely outside the media loop, I heard rumours about Jimmy Savile; oddly, all of them revolved around his apparent fondness for acts of necrophilia, which he supposedly indulged under the cover of his voluntary work as a hospital porter; I don’t recall anything about child abuse."<br /><br />The necrophilia rumour must have started by someone, somewhere having witnessed something<br />- and choosing to pass it on as gossip rather than taking any positive steps in response to it. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-88067939212042689042014-07-06T11:59:24.951+01:002014-07-06T11:59:24.951+01:00Roberta: the question is whether we can best deal ...Roberta: the question is whether we can best deal with the wrongs of the past by acknowledging and confronting them or by pretending they never happened. My instinct is the former. See also the practice of revising old texts to remove words that are now seen as racially offensive.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-17570142659084639362014-07-05T17:22:49.588+01:002014-07-05T17:22:49.588+01:00You're spot on about performance being inextri...You're spot on about performance being inextricably linked to personality. Of course, what makes old clips of Harris, Savile and Gadd so hard to take is that the very act of performing gave them access to their prey. That they had an audience made it possible… and now it's too late to look away.<br /><br />Much easier to get past the idea of a poet putting down his pen and having the occasional wank to lesbian porn.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-65646169290732992262014-07-04T11:33:18.270+01:002014-07-04T11:33:18.270+01:00I agree with much of what you say Tim. Not many of...I agree with much of what you say Tim. Not many of us - Jewish or not - would have wanted to break bread with vociferous anti-semite T.S. Eliot, but his poetry is probably the most profound in the modern era. We should be less picky about our artists' table manners when they do the living for us that we would not choose to do.<br /><br />That said, I do think the revulsion and the revisionism are serving a very imporatnt cultural purpose. We come from a bad place - the 1970s - and I think that the revision of that decade from Maconie-esque 'ooh, wasn't it funny that she said the word pussy' to what seems to be the beginnings of a reappraisal of where some of the more progressive strands - most notably feminism - have actually pitched up is very overdue. <br /><br />May be a coincidence, but why else are lads' mags dispensing with the nudes etc.? A lot that was harmful - no, dang it, I'm going to make a value judgement - a lot that was bad, gets prettied up in the nostalgia bloom. We perhaps chose to ignore the links between the light and dark strains of misogyny and male supremacy and the legacy that today's youngsters are beginning to show signs of wanting to redress.<br /><br />Great piece though Tim.<br /><br />Here endeth the lesson.Robert Swipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08111821104822486044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-49337236119964121912014-07-03T20:15:42.469+01:002014-07-03T20:15:42.469+01:00Worst thing is - we've all got to worship and ...Worst thing is - we've all got to worship and adore the entirely innocent flame haired Rebekkaka because the binary justice system doesn't have a "maybe" setting.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-12567206609268526052014-07-03T20:11:40.756+01:002014-07-03T20:11:40.756+01:00Phil Cool dead grateful he retired last year.Phil Cool dead grateful he retired last year.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313387849115278988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-84015450921395001632014-07-03T19:44:38.229+01:002014-07-03T19:44:38.229+01:00Nailed it.
Nailed it.<br />FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-73849565809883544352014-07-03T12:23:02.868+01:002014-07-03T12:23:02.868+01:00Bad enough I can't ever listen to Rock 'n&...Bad enough I can't ever listen to Rock 'n' Roll Part 2 in respectable company again... now they've taken Two Little Boys. Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-80914583669036485562014-07-03T09:46:47.046+01:002014-07-03T09:46:47.046+01:00Well, exactly. It's those Stuart Hall match re...Well, exactly. It's those Stuart Hall match reports I miss having the right to express retrospective enjoyment over.Andy Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335535708719007729noreply@blogger.com