Should Wales Celebrate Grand Slam? and other woke questions. 

Gotta say I find it an odd experience. It captures that childish, boys on tour feeling that any male sports team fan knows well. And I guess that is n 1978 a fun, larger than life portrayal of the Welsh was a big deal. But It doesn't quite do it for me

Delilah was deconstructed? Seems unnecessary to me. There are a TON of songs about killing someone, it doesn't always (it does sometimes, such as Marylin Manson recently being revealed to be abusive in disturbing ways) mean the singer is glorifying or justifying violence against women. It's not like Baby It's Cold Outside, if you take it as a song of its time, it means one thing, judging it by modern standards it's very different. I think "what's in this drink" was at the time a collquialism when you heard a bad idea, like they were drunk and thinking wonkily (if memory serves) But through a modern lens, without familiarity with the slang used in the 40s when it was written, it appears to be a jolly happy song about daterape, a still very current happening (sort of a "death of the author" scenario.) It's been a while since I read up on it, some of this might not be quite accurate, but I hope the example I'm trying to make comes across. I don't count Delilah as remotely the same, the tone is dark and passionate, it's a contained story and isn't treated as anything more than that in society, it isn't played in every single store for two months of the year, yknow? The perception.. or maybe the REception of the song is entirely different. It's just a story in a song, it's not got any wider impact, rape survivors like me don't have to hear the song (and although it doesn't bother me itself, it does make me think of the debate around and that triggers me into remembering things anyway, so I still think it shouldn't be played in public, but people should enjoy itp rivately if they want) Until Delilah gets the same "everyone will hear this whether they want to or not" uhhhh usage? I don't think it needs to be treated the same. And although far too common, outright murder remains, thankfully, a good deal less universal than sexual misconduct. As for Grand Slam maybe I'll watch it again and make a video of my own to answer your question :D I apologise for the essay, this shit is my bag and I enjoy deconstructing the impact of stuff. Also I'm high, I only think in essays at a time. I hope I've at least been interesting in my two TED talks responding to the video

@@Shindai I wish I could still get high. Thanks for your insight. Nick

@@Shindai yes. a few years ago there was a public conversation about its meaning and signiificance - to which some people instantly claimed was a call to BAN IT which it was absolutely not! Ironically, I think at the forefront of that conversation was Helen Mary Jones, who is now regularly in hot PC water herself about her views on gender. Complicated world, isn't it?

Thank you, Sir! It seems stereotyped but positive i.e. the group acccepts him without making a big deal of it

Trans dwarfs exist and did exist 40 years ago you know. Shame to treat real people as zany hypotheticals. Why is it such a wild idea?

Hiya. I think you have missed the point. My question is not why Wales doesn't have a problem with the film. My question is why those who label themselves 'progressive' don't pay it any attention. I don't have a problem with it. It was made before I was born (just) but that doesnae mean we can't ask questions about it.

@Ivor Biggun no I'd never heard of it either. Sharon was ok with me poking fun, btw. We're mates 😉

Did this BBC Wales TV film raise our ID around the world butt? I seriously doubt that.

@@WalesintheMovies put that rugbyphobic attitude away... Or the channel will get cancelled... Plus everyone in the world knows GrandSlam... And if they don't , well they should be shot.

@@dtocs8252 amusing

I think I find it hard to like because I wasn't there at the beginning, so culturally for me it's not pivotal. Also, I'm a football supporter often frustrated by the obsession with a parochial sport that doesn't raise our profile. But I love the Fusion of documentary and fiction. Plus it's non-OC doesn't bother me at all, I Just thought it'd make an interesting video ! I emailed Sharon before I edited it to make sure she was okay with the joke!