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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 436143" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>The Barry Evans section is the part of the doc I have the most reservations about. Although he was presented sympathetically, I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know from skimming sensationalistic tabloid articles back in the day. The "information" about his sexuality and death remain speculative and trying to tie both aspects into the main themes of the documentary, without really knowing the full facts about either, felt a bit tenuous (not to say prurient). Ignoring his huge success on TV with <em>Mind Your Language</em> after he walked away from soft porn seemed to be the only way they could do it. A shame, really. The Mary Millington section felt more relevant and the doc was on firmer ground there. But yeah, fascinating stuff overall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 436143, member: 22"] The Barry Evans section is the part of the doc I have the most reservations about. Although he was presented sympathetically, I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know from skimming sensationalistic tabloid articles back in the day. The "information" about his sexuality and death remain speculative and trying to tie both aspects into the main themes of the documentary, without really knowing the full facts about either, felt a bit tenuous (not to say prurient). Ignoring his huge success on TV with [I]Mind Your Language[/I] after he walked away from soft porn seemed to be the only way they could do it. A shame, really. The Mary Millington section felt more relevant and the doc was on firmer ground there. But yeah, fascinating stuff overall. [/QUOTE]
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