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Undertoad · 04-12-2015, 09:39 AM

My understanding of 70s British TV and sexism:

No women vets on All Creatures Great and Small - no women farmers either. But to be fair it depicted the 1930s

No women in the Goodies or Python (Carol Cleveland not a full member) AND they played the women parts themselves (although it was the best ever)

Felicity Kendal, despite being a studied actress who went on to work with Tom Stoppard, could not have become beloved without being cute as a goddamn button

Mrs Slocumbe not really a sympathetic character. Although to be fair she does run a department

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04-12-2015, 09:39 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My understanding of 70s British TV and sexism: No women vets on All Creatures Great and Small - no women farmers either. But to be fair it depicted the 1930s No women in the Goodies or Python (Carol Cleveland not a full member) AND they played the women parts themselves (although it was the best ever) Felicity Kendal, despite being a studied actress who went on to work with Tom Stoppard, could not have become beloved without being cute as a goddamn button Mrs Slocumbe not really a sympathetic character. Although to be fair she does run a department

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