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SouledNYC Class Podcast

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"Souled" is a program designed for young Jewish women who are looking to stay connected while living...

James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Funny Cow (2017) in Movies

Nov 6, 2019

Funny Cow (2017)

2017 | Comedy, Drama

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Another bleak British belter

British cinema tends to be a)about working class people and b) be very miserable. I had a group of American friends staying over and shared with then a selection of British films. They all admitted to feeling suicidal at the end of it.

Some people will watch Funny Cow and expect a rip roaring comedy about a female stand up comedian. That it is not. This is the story of a working class rebel fighting domestic violence and oppression by seeing the funny side. It is brave and probably be very misunderstood by most. For me it was a poignant reminder of the fight some people have to be heard. A brave and strong film.

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The Battle for the High Street: Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust: 2016

Phil Hubbard

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This book analyses the social and cultural status of high streets in the age of recession and...

Indignation (2016)

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In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where...

Bobby Gillespie recommended track God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols in Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols in Music (curated)

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God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols

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"It made me feel alive in a way I’ve never felt since. It was an energy hit that awakened something inside of you that you didn’t even know was there. It articulated my rage as a working-class kid on a council estate. It started me on the path, and I am eternally grateful to the Pistols for that."

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Jon Dieringer recommended Eating Raoul (1982) in Movies (curated)

Eating Raoul (1982)

1982 | Comedy, Crime

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"It’s unfortunate that there aren’t more movies about working-class people killing rich perverts and taking their money. Paul Bartel is one of the great gonzo satirists of cinema, and with apologies to Costa-Gavras or whomever, this is probably the most common-sense, pragmatic political film in the Criterion Collection. Also one of Mary Woronov’s greatest roles."

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George Saunders recommended Silences in Books (curated)

Silences

Tillie Olsen | 1994 | Biography, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Reference

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"Language is power, and Olsen does a masterful and compassionate job here of showing who has been denied language in America, and why, and by whom. Had speech really been free all of these years, we would have a different written history: more female, more working-class, more immigrant, more of color. And the result would be truer."

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