Pride

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4/10

(mum loved it, but she is wrong)

[kevinknapman]

But I can't find the guy who played Sian's husband and I know I've seen him before! Help!

Rhodri Meilir. I'm guessing it was dodgy sitcom My Family you probably saw him in.

[McG]

As with others . . .I loved Pride! Well made, great music, good story and characters. Like Beate, I spent half the film wondering where I'd seen Mark before so thanks for the memory nudge, Beate! I do remember the miners' strike tho not the GLSM. I suspect that the media of the 1980s was not as liberal as it is today!
I would happily watch this again and would not have grudged p*ying to see it. I may even use a voucher to see it again if no tickets appear for Glasgow on 9th September.
Marks 9/10

[kevinknapman]

I suspect that the media of the 1980s was not as liberal as it is today!

It amused me no end that the Sun hosted a screening of the film considering they were the newspaper responsible for the 'Pits and Perverts' headline.

Anyway I thought this was a perfectly entertaining film. Very funny and very moving with a great cast.
Shame Wandsworth seemed fairly empty (I was sat in a row on my own).

[McG]

I suspect that the media of the 1980s was not as liberal as it is today!

It amused me no end that the Sun hosted a screening of the film considering they were the newspaper responsible for the 'Pits and Perverts' headline.

Anyway I thought this was a perfectly entertaining film. Very funny and very moving with a great cast.
Shame Wandsworth seemed fairly empty (I was sat in a row on my own).

Maybe times are not as liberal as we think! . . . I wonder if so many folk didn't use their tickets once they realised the subject matter!

[Yinster]

Maybe times are not as liberal as we think! . . . I wonder if so many folk didn't use their tickets once they realised the subject matter!

Sounds more like the Sun allocation to each location was a small number rather than oversubscribed.

[McG]

Maybe times are not as liberal as we think! . . . I wonder if so many folk didn't use their tickets once they realised the subject matter!

Sounds more like the Sun allocation to each location was a small number rather than oversubscribed.

I think this would be unusual as most of the screenings are reasonably full.

[newdot]

I'm surprised that the sun offered these tickets, but less surprised that the newspaper featured in the film went unnamed...

"Nonetheless the strike rolled into it’s second year, sustained by immense levels of public support (regardless of what the tabloids wanted people to believe). The gutter Press, unsurprisingly, took its usual hysterical approach. Leading the charge, as always, was Rupert Murdoch’s rag The Sun, which summarised the alliance of miners and the LGBT community as “Pits and Perverts”!"

from http://www.gayinthe80s.com/2012/09/1984 ... -part-one/

[Noorjahapatel]

I'm glad somebody mentioned The Sun and the irony. I was thinking this all the way through the film

[Noorjahapatel]

I suspect that the media of the 1980s was not as liberal as it is today!

It amused me no end that the Sun hosted a screening of the film considering they were the newspaper responsible for the 'Pits and Perverts' headline.

Anyway I thought this was a perfectly entertaining film. Very funny and very moving with a great cast.
Shame Wandsworth seemed fairly empty (I was sat in a row on my own).

Maybe times are not as liberal as we think! . . . I wonder if so many folk didn't use their tickets once they realised the subject matter!

Yes, I think there's still a lot of stigma. It was amazing whqt this group achieved