How much the world has changed in 20 something years

[guest]

Here's Withnail & I writer and director making casual jokes about "faggots" on a late-night British network TV show from 1998 or 99. Imagine that happening now. He would probably be killed.
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[Meownaw]

I remember his movie How to Get a Head in Advertising and it being weird. Is Withnail & I worth watching?

 

[guest]

The pendulum always swings...The next few decades will have Mad Men type vibes, a lot of homophobia and disdain for anything not part of the patriarchy. We need to hit rock bottom and some unravelling for it to go there though.

 

[guest]

I remember his movie How to Get a Head in Advertising and it being weird. Is Withnail & I worth watching?

Yeah, Withnail is hilarious. I didn't really enjoy Advertising but Withnail and I is so funny, it's based on his days as a struggling young alcoholic actor living in squalor in London in the 60s. Richard E Grant plays "Withnail" who is based on Robinson's old friend Viv McKerril who was a talented guy but a total drunk who didn't end well.

 

[LingerLonger]

The pendulum always swings...The next few decades will have Mad Men type vibes, a lot of homophobia and disdain for anything not part of the patriarchy. We need to hit rock bottom and some unravelling for it to go there though.

My heart's getting heavy. My blood's getting cold.

 

[guest]

Watch Dude Where's My Car. The tranny scenes are surreal. Especially the FtM one at the end, pointing out the absurdity of a woman acting masculine. "How you doing, fella!"

 

[stealthygeek]

Not sure how many of you fellas get exposed to classic rock FM stations these days but "Money for nothing" by Dire Straits is one of "FAGGOT"s last refuges. I always make sure to pay attention whenever it comes on and always find it refreshing that it hasn't been altered.


@1:49

See the little faggot with the earring and the make up?
Yeah, buddy, that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, he's a millionaire

 

[potatopeeler63]

Watch Dude Where's My Car. The tranny scenes are surreal. Especially the FtM one at the end, pointing out the absurdity of a woman acting masculine. "How you doing, fella!"

i remember this scene freaking me out. sms is still the man

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[NortheastPhilly]

1962-1968 was still a more rapid and insane societal change. But if it changes quick one way it can change the other. Nothing lasts

 

[Riccardo Bosi]

I think the 90s was a based decade in general, and then once 9/11 happened the psyche of the West went into the shitter.

But, really, it was a time when things weren't especially over-sexualized - like, not every female musician was a total whore, and not many of the sitcoms/shows were explicitly filthy - but you could pretty much speak your mind and use a lot of off colour language like in the clip you showed. Mobile phones existed but not everybody had one, and people weren't obsessed with them.

 

[Zombie247]

Withnail & I worth watching?

Absolutely. Some brilliant performances in it.

 

[soulbrotherman#1]

The world went and got itself in a big gay hurry.

 

[Dennyislife]

Before podcasts people used to get drunk on tv shows and talk into the night with no time limit. People would be too self aware these days but it's great looking back