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Soft Pornographic Film?[edit]

Really? I've never seen the production of Her Big Chance but, from the text, it sounds as if the film is a rubbishy gangster film and Travis wearing a bikini is about as "pornographic" as it gets. Or is my memory playing tricks on me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.193.48 (talk) 03:29, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm wondering about the paragraph toward the end of the entry, which begins, "In the first series in particular, a sequence is noticeable..."

Can this be documented as a deliberate design of the writer? Or is this merely a coincidence? If it's the latter, is it appropriate to include here? Most of the Talking Heads are women; however, that apparently was not a deliberate design of Bennett's, as he articlates in the introduction to the latest published edition of TH. David Hoag 01:06, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's unintentional - besides that, Irene's fate isn't really all that bad; she is much more comfortable in prison. There's certainly an element of hubris in all of them but I wouldn't say their fates necessarily get worse. Matthew Platts 17:41, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stereotypical Guardian reader?[edit]

Talking Heads 1 — (1987)

Alan Bennett plays Graham Whittaker in A Chip in the Sugar Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds. He is an absolutely stereotypical Guardian reader — he wears flares, avoids deodorant, is environmentally conscious, likes date and walnut bread, and is very anti-Thatcher.

Does Alan Bennett call this character a stereotypical Guardian reader? Does the character read the Guardian on camera? If not this looks a bit malicious. AFCR 15:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Guardian reader do not wear flares (at least, no more than anyone else) and certainly don't avoid deoderant (although they may need less than readers of the Sun, Mail and Express since they tend to wash more).

Does Doris really imply that her nagging may have caused her husband to die prematurely?[edit]

That is what the article says at the moment but I have just this minute watched the play again and do not get that impression at all. —The preceding comment was added by 87.112.18.241 19:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

"aki" ?[edit]

The article's text uses the word "aki" in a number of places. It is a word I do not recognise, and am not sure makes sense in context. On the other hand, as someone unacquainted with the topic in detail, I do not wish to be brave and mess up the article. Could someone knowledgeable check the edits ? -- Simon Cursitor 08:03, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Aki" makes no sense in context, so I have removed one and reverted the other to "Alcoholic" as it was in the previous draft. AFCR 09:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]