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Carolyn, very sad about Brigitte Bardot. She had a good long life, RIP
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Jackie says, West Side Story, one of the most amazing musicals ever scripted
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We're going to talk about this right now. Along with Les Mis and The Mercado
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they're all a great introduction for youngsters to the varying crafts and varieties of theatre and the opera
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What do we think about this move, guys, that a trigger warning has been placed on West Side Story
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I think it's a bit silly, probably. I mean, specifically, was it about transphobia
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I think it was labelled as by the regulator. I think that's... I think if 12-year-olds shouldn't..
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People under 12 shouldn't be able to watch it, it's probably because quite a few people get stabbed in it. I think it would probably be my objection if there was to be one
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but I think, unfortunately, you know, kids are starving, people are freezing to death. I do have bigger things to think about that
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I think most people in the government and any quango probably should
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I really disagree with this sort of oversensitivisation of our culture and our media
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It just reminds me of when I recently saw a trigger warning similarly on Breakfast at Tiffany with Audrey Hepburn because of you know stereotypes that may have been portrayed in the film
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I mean, as you said, there are so many worse things happening
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in our media and in our culture, on our streets, but also the violence in films and shows has seen a massive rise
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and there are shows I don't think I would feel comfortable showing children
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which seem to have no warnings whatsoever to do with violence. And yet when it's something that is on the work agenda
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like gender or stereotypes, that seems to be flagged, this doesn't really make sense
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Well, all I think about is the magnificent music there were, the magnificent songs
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I Feel Pretty, America, la-la-la-la-la-America. They're all in my head. Those things are fantastic
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I'll tell you what I saw over the weekend, over Christmas holiday. Grease, right
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And I saw it in the cinema. And so John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
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I remember going to see it when I was 17 And I came out and my girlfriend at the time I was shocked You see you looking at me like that because it mentioned lots of things that you shouldn mention about pregnancies and contraception and all sorts of things
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Really like you were thinking, oh my goodness, what sort of film is this? And when I watched it again on Christmas Day, I really believe this may be one of the finest films ever made
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So people, we all change over time and whatever. and I think that the music, the costume, the dance, the design
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the characters, the feel-good factor from Greece is absolutely incredible. But, you see, something like West Side Story
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when I was the same age, I would have seen West Side Story as a work of art, really
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I think, you know, both Greece and West Side Story, they're all about 16, 17, 18, aren't they
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They're kids in it. But, God, they look old. They look so old compared to, like, 16, 17, 18-year-olds today
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45-year-olds acting. Yeah. Yeah, you do. These guys must be nice. What's going on
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What are they drinking in America? But I think, Ian, you make a really interesting, wider point, which is that there used to be a sort of point to films and to media that should be to sort of elevate you slightly culturally or at least give you a feel factor Something that you watch and you come away from feeling inspired in some way You a better person for it Exactly
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But recently, I find a special Netflix and the shows designed for teenagers
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and adolescents are so awfully depressing. Touch on subjects which are, like, really dark
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And quite frankly, I would never just go near. Alice, I love cinema
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And as I've got older and you get pressures of work coming on you and things, and you think, I want something to entertain me
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And you look at what's in the cinema and it's about death, depression, people being kidnapped
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people being tortured. And I think, no, I don't. It's just, I want escapism
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I want Star Trek, Wrath of Khan. That's what I want. I want something like that
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I went to see Marty Supreme, the new Josh Shafty, Timothee Chalamet movie
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on Boxing Day on the premiere. And it was, I have to say, it's one of the best films I've seen
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Really? He is, I think, one of the kind of last traditional movie stars
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He went all out on the promotion, really pushing this original film, and it was absolutely fantastic
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It was amazing. That's a recommended one, then. Yeah, absolutely. Good man, good man. Time for the Great British Giveaway now
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It could be yours. Have a go
