tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post7176487235003918539..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: A 21st-Century Howards EndNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28830443597011035502017-11-20T20:12:47.431+00:002017-11-20T20:12:47.431+00:00I've just watched, and have to say, enjoyed Ep...I've just watched, and have to say, enjoyed Episode 2. On your theme I noticed that, in their attempt to "include" BAME actresses they made Leonard Bast's working class paramour and the Schlegel's maid black (they both appear together in one notable scene). In other words they reinforce the lowliness of black actors by the casting while trying to 'rescue' them from this. The strange and amusing contortions of the liberal mind which may be more 'racist' than the un-liberal one. Interesting that this kind of condescension is one of the themes of 'Howard's End." Ironies abound.Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-88112894885537435942017-11-14T09:00:59.694+00:002017-11-14T09:00:59.694+00:00The arrogance of the modern that assumes that we h...The arrogance of the modern that assumes that we have a better agenda to force on things than the whole of human history that preceded us. Things like HE will only be grateful to have our wisdom imposed on them. I suppose such a view is comforting for moderns. Will still watch, though as, in many ways, it's quite arresting. Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com