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Friday, 25 April 2014
Great War viewing
For a variety of reasons I have not watched much of the BBC's programming relating to the Great War.I have however watched the drama The Crimson Fields. I have found it worth watching and will continue to do so.I wondered what others made of it...
Formulaic, and following the slightly pink/trendy lefty view of the war made so popular by Ken Clarke and Blackadder (this is the BBC after all), but for all that, eminently watchable, and I return week after week... very definitely a 6 or 7 out of 10
I have enjoyed it so far. Because it is only to easy to impose modern day values on early 20th century society and criticise the gung ho attitudes the war generated, I try not to get involved in the arguments about the justification or otherwise of the war but cannot helped be saddened by my visits to the European wargrave sites, the enormous casualty lists and the incredible death toll the flu epidemic facilitated by the troop concentrations and movements cause worldwide in 1918. For a better understanding of the barbaric nature of the war it's worth studying the "minor" theatres ie, Gallipoli, Italy/austria, Austria/serbia. These were truly gobsmackingly vicious.
Formulaic, and following the slightly pink/trendy lefty view of the war made so popular by Ken Clarke and Blackadder (this is the BBC after all), but for all that, eminently watchable, and I return week after week... very definitely a 6 or 7 out of 10
ReplyDeleteSteve - did you mean Ken Clarke, the jazz loving, hush puppy wearing former Minister for Justice, or Alan Clarke of Lions & Donkeys fame?
DeleteQuell fromage!!! Alan of course... thanks Pierre!
DeleteI have enjoyed it so far. Because it is only to easy to impose modern day values on early 20th century society and criticise the gung ho attitudes the war generated, I try not to get involved in the arguments about the justification or otherwise of the war but cannot helped be saddened by my visits to the European wargrave sites, the enormous casualty lists and the incredible death toll the flu epidemic facilitated by the troop concentrations and movements cause worldwide in 1918. For a better understanding of the barbaric nature of the war it's worth studying the "minor" theatres ie, Gallipoli, Italy/austria, Austria/serbia. These were truly gobsmackingly vicious.
ReplyDeleteI have not watched the Crimson Field, but I really enjoyed 37 Days, with Ian McDiarmid as Edward Grey.
ReplyDelete37 Days DVD is due for release in June. I haven't got into Crimson Fields as MrsJ and I are away quite a few weekends at the moment.
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