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 watch the 2004 British film 'Fat Slags'. Universally panned by critics and a flop at the box office, Dave and Dr Lee dig deep to find a redeeming feature. Do we succeed?

Also, we deep dive Dave's trip to New York and skim the surface on Lee's trip to erm... Wigan.

If you'd like to watch the (mercifully short) Fat Slags movie click here. We recommend having a bottle of gin and perhaps a crack pipe handy to get to the end.

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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 watch the 1990 movie "Pretty Woman" starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. Romantic fairy tale or a huge bucket of problematic misogyny? Let's discuss.

Also, Lee's big night out in Soho and Dave's favourite new podcast (after The Problematic Gaze of course!!)

You can watch Pretty Woman.... well, pretty much anywhere really!

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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 watch an episode of popular UK sitcom 'Men Behaving Badly." from 1994. Just what was Lad Culture and what was it reacting against? Was it all just an advertisers wet dream?

Also, Lee's pigeon nightmare. And is beating a rat to death with a spade ever justified?

Click here to watch the episode of Men Behaving Badly discussed in this episode.

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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 delve into the world of 'Carry On' films with Carry On Girls from 1973. Harmless saucy fun? Feminist classic? Hmmm......  Where can we buy a swanee whistle?

Also, just where did Bananarama film the video for 'Cruel Summer? Spontaneous nightclubbing. And Dave's Madonna nightmare.

You can watch Carry On Girls in ITV X in the UK. Or rent it from iTunes.

Click here to watch "Miss World 1970 Beauty Queens and Bedlam", a documentary about feminists storming the stage at the Miss World pageant in London, in protest against the objectification of women.

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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 the Problematic lens over Madonna's 1990 music video for Justify My Love.

Madonna caused another commotion with the release of this video. But looking back on it, did it really warrant the moral backlash and slut shaming it received?
Also, what would Cilla Black's version of this song sound like? And Lee, why don't you tell us how you really feel about football!

To watch Madonna's Justify My Love video click here.

Watch Lee's short film with The Imperial War Museum 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 the Problematic lens over 'Man About The House', a UK sitcom from 1973. Jo and Chrissie find a strange man in their bath. But can he cook? And a new queen is crowned! All bow to Yootha Joyce!

Click here to watch the episode of Man About The House as discussed in this podcast

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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 take a deep dive into Bullseye, a popular UK TV gameshow from the 80's and 90's. Jim Bowen, Tony Green, Bully's Prize Board! It's all here. Problematic? You bet!

Watch the Episode of Bullseye from 25th September 1988 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. In this episode we watch the British film 'Victim' from 1961. A classic starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, it was considered the first British film to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic light.

Click here to watch the 1961 thriller  'Victim"

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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. In this episode we watch the pilot episode of Allo Allo! Saucy farce, British airmen, the alluring Michelle of the French resistance. Is War ever funny? When did 'gaslighting' become a dirty word? It's all under discussion here.

You can watch Allo Allo! here. (Sign in required.) Or simply search YouTube for an abundance of clips for your viewing pleasure.

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Join Lee and Dave  for a lighthearted look at the world of TV, Film and Popular Culture of yesteryear that has since been considered problematic. This episode explores the Page 3 phenomenon by watching the BBC Documentary ’40 Minutes: Page 3 Girls’ from 1985. Harmless titillation? Misogynistic exploitation? Let’s discuss.

Plus: Why is Lee bitter about Supergran? What was Dave’s gay awakening?

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