villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 John Cooper Clarke was the one I knew from being on Have I Got News For You but I'd never heard of Roy Hudd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I need to send a letter so I had a look around the house for an envelope. I couldn't find an envelope so I decided I'd go to the shop and buy an envelope. I then realised that the shop shuts at 6 so I was too late. So what I'm going to do now is wait until TOMORROW to buy an envelope and then send the letter. Thankfully I didn't need the letter to be at its destination by Saturday, which is just as well because I would have missed the deadline to send it anyway. I'm aware that if I send it on Saturday it probably won't be there until Monday at the earliest, but that's ok. I'm going to send it 1st class. I'm from a working-to-middle class family so I've always had a kind of 'send letters first class' upbringing. But I'm not a snob so I fully respect people who may choose to send their letters 2nd class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Never seen Zulu but seen Pretty Woman. Twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I do like muscle cars though. Can I stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm really struggling with people not having seen Zulu. We actually HAD to watch it when I was in school. It was shown the same day as the STD films. A proper coming of age day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I do like muscle cars though. Can I stay? All is forgiven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 "If you like the film Zulu you are a blue nose" ~ Daddy 8pints ~ Yep, that's how seriously he takes it...the strange man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 "If you like the film Zulu you are a blue nose" ~ Daddy 8pints ~ Yep, that's how seriously he takes it...the strange man. Serious question - does he interpret the film as being racist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm really struggling with people not having seen Zulu. We actually HAD to watch it when I was in school. It was shown the same day as the STD films. A proper coming of age day. We had to watch Escape from Sobibor. Great film! Also one of the film versions of Anne Frank's diary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Serious question - does he interpret the film as being racist? I don't know, I've just text him "Is the film Zulu racist?", I'll let you know what he says. Why? Do you think it's racist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0erY0WG6A Z - U - L - U..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Serious question - does he interpret the film as being racist? I don't know, I've just text him "Is the film Zulu racist?", I'll let you know what he says. Why? Do you think it's racist? I don't see it that way but some seem to. Can we start a "Ask 8pint's Dad Anything" thread? Edited January 3, 2014 by villaajax 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Can we start a "Ask 8pint's Dad Anything" thread? Haha I don't think it'd have much mileage. All he text back was "Who cares boy?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Tell him, villaajax cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Tell him, villaajax cares. Ok. We are talking about the Orlando Bloom film, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 And Leemond2008 cares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Tell him, villaajax cares. Ok. We are talking about the Orlando Bloom film, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 From what I can find, It doesn't seem racist to me, made in a place full of racial tension at the time but the film makers seemed to have the opposite attitude. Because of the strict apartheid laws enforced in South Africa at the time, the Zulu extras could not be paid equivalent rates to their white counterparts. To get around this, director Cy Endfield gifted all of the animals bought for this film (particularly cows) to the tribes - a gift far more valuable to them than the money that had been denied them. Stanley Baker, an active socialist off-screen, tried to make the film as anti-racist and pro-Zulu as he could. He had to be talked out of addressing a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) rally in case this affected the film's performance at the US box office. My Dad would love this one Because the film was shot in South Africa, the cast and crew were lectured on the need to refrain from fraternizing with the topless tribal dancers since the penalty for interracial sex in the country at the time was seven years hard labor. ...Although he isn't afraid of some hard work. And Leemond2008 cares You could ask my cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Is she the one from Wigan? PM me her number and I'll be sure to call her up and ask her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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