The Problematic Gaze

Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week, we cast our gaze on the classic US sitcom 'Friends'. Chandler meets his 'Dad', Ross and Rachel go for a drive, and Joey has underwear issues. How does Friends stand up to a modern lens?

Also, who has severely depleted Dave's rum stock? And we take a deep dive into Lee's drag bag!

You can watch Friends Season 7 Episode 22 on Netflix in the UK

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week, we cast our gaze on the classic British film "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie", starring Maggie Smith in an Oscar winning turn. Is Jean Brodie a romantic heroine or deluded egomaniac? One things for sure, she'd better watch her back. Her 'girls' are about to turn.

Also,  Dave and Lee dive into their bulging sack, of Gazers emails. And just what has Dave left in the back of his Zoom shot?

You can watch 'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie' on YouTube here.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week, we cast our gaze on the classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers, and focus on an episode from 1975 called 'The Germans'. Controversial in recent years for its use of racist language, this episode was removed from several platforms. Do the antics of Basil, Sybil, Polly and Manuel hold up through a modern lens?

Also, PG Towers is positively aglow from fibre optic and Hello Pierre! What's your real name and where do you come from?

You can watch Fawlty Towers: The Germans here.

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Crack open the Bolly! It's our 20th episode!! Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week, we cast our gaze on the PR and fashion world inhabited by the icons Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, from the classic BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. In Episode 3 from Season 2, Pats and Eddy, take a trip to Marrakech. Unfortunately for Patsy, Edina's daughter Saffy tags along. What could possibly go wrong?

Also, Lee and Dave put in an exhausting 6 hour shift in London Town. And you are live on The Problematic Gaze, please do not swear!

You can watch Absolutely Fabulous on ITVX in the UK.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week we  struggle to find anything uplifting to say about the TV film 'Threads' from 1984. Although, considering its subject matter is nuclear armageddon, we'd challenge anyone to put a positive slant on it! The source of many a child of the 80's nightmares, 'Threads' is an unrelenting study on what can happen when two superpowers collide. We promise we'll be funny funny funny next week! That's if we're all still here.........

Also, Lee takes a tumble. And Dave is doing nothing unsavoury whatsoever with a sheep!

Click here to watch 'Threads' on BBC IPlayer in the UK. A word of warning. Contains extremely graphic depictions of nuclear war.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week we  unite once again in the penthouse boardroom of PG Towers. We come bang up to date to cast our gaze over the latest series of Netflix coming of age teen drama Heartstopper. How has LGBTQIA+ representation on television advanced over the decades? And what can two self confessed 'old gays' learn from Nick, Charlie and their friends? Turns out, quite a lot!

Also, Lee's X-Rated Meryl Streep dream! And is Dave living in a secret KKK stronghold in leafy Hertfordshire?

Heartstopper Season 3 Episode 1 is available now on Netflix.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week we cast our Gaze over the smash hit reality TV series 'Love Island' from 2022. Watch as the love stories of the villa unfold week by week. Watch as the line of what's real and what's being manipulated by skilled storytellers gets blurred. Are the contestants gullible pawns or savvy entrepreneurs? And what the Ekin-Su can two old giffers like Lee and Dave possibly like about this programme?

Also, Lee has a tooth dilemma. And Dave gives his verdict on the calibre of this years Strictly Come Dancing contestants.

Click here to watch the episode of Love Island we watched. on ITVX.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This week we cast our Gaze over the phenomenon of nostalgia posts on social media. Who exactly wants us to think that the past was so wonderful compared to now? And why? In Steptoe and and Son, a sitcom where son Harold is desperate to escape the shackles of poverty, thwarted by his father at every turn, the past doesn't look, or smell so rosy.

Also, is Lee being pursued by a satanic cult in deepest, darkest South London? And Dave takes on some rowdy schoolgirls at the theatre.

Click here to watch Series 7 Episode 5 of Steptoe and Son on Youtube.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This episode we cast our gaze over 1984's 'The Terminator'. What is hypermasculinity and why was it so prevalent in the 80's?  Can a mullet ever look good on a woman? Can the machines really take over?  Remember, always be nice to Alexa, it might just save your life come Judgement Day!

Also, ever recreated the Torvill and Dean's 'Bolero' on roller boots? And is Shakin Stevens actually an un-killable cyborg from the future?

You can watch 'The Terminator' on Amazon Prime.

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Join Lee and Dave for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. For the first time in weeks, Lee and Dave are thrust together in the same room!!! Add raging hangovers and a bottle of medicinal champagne and light the blue touch paper! Join us for our robust exploration into the world of Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche and Rose, AKA The Golden Girls. In this episode, Season 3 Episode 11, we join the girls on the therapists couch.

Also, Lee explores the world of 80's shopping catalogues (specifically the men's underwear section.) And why was Cher responsible for propelling Dave into George Michael's arms?

You can watch Season 3, Episode 11 of The Golden Girls on Disney+ on the UK. OR click here for a condensed version of the episode on YouTube.

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