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Oct 16, 2019 - 4:55 AM
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Jim Phelps
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Episode six is up.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009dks
My "least favorite" of the series so far, but no less depressing and gripping. Actually, it's especially depressing because of how "up close" the violence was in terms of the interviewees discussing it. The Beeb website even has several hotlines people who have been newly traumatized by this series can call. The Troubles are seriously f_cking disturbing.
Unfortunately, this episode is a bit sloppy, as it leaves out what happened to some of the key personnel. Maybe it was just the version I saw on The 'Tube. Still, before I watched this series, I only had the barest bones knowledge of The Troubles. Now, I feel like I have a better working, but by no means comprehensive, knowledge of the time. I have been supplementing my viewing of this series with other documentaries, articles, and interviews.
*Whew*
On a MUCH less serious note, seeing the vintage footage in this episode reminds me that the early '90s looked just like the rotten mid-to-late 1980s: cheesy mustaches, women AND men with perm hairdos, mullets, Princess Di hairdos, ugly "bulky Cosby sweaters ("jumpers"); those mullets looked especially hideous because since men didn't wear sideburns, the mullet was even more emphasized.
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The Phelps Soliloquy
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The Phelps Soliloquy
When I want an intelligent conversation, I go to me.
Actual, this sounds like an interesting doc.
Is it on dvd?
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The Phelps Soliloquy
When I want an intelligent conversation, I go to me.
Actually, this sounds like an interesting doc.
Is it on dvd?
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Does the new John Lennon doc ABOVE UZ ONLY SKY, count?
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