"The show highlighted the pressures felt by the white working class at a time of great social change in Britain" - Warren Mitchell obituary: Alf Garnett and much more - BBC News
One could, I suppose, put it that way.
I was never allowed to watch, my mother wouldn't let him in the house or hear his name spoken. Which is a testament to his performance, I reckon.
His stage performances I regret missing.
There's no sense in calling him a comedian but his monster role, Alf Garnett, was exactly that. Frankensteinian. He was an astonishing actor.
Warren Mitchell, RIP
Warren Mitchell, RIP
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
Warren Mitchell, RIP
I always likened Warren Mitchell / Alf Garnett to "Love Thy Neighbour". The humour was much more subtle than that seen at face value. Many people viewed it as being very Politically Incorrect & Racist, where in actually fact, the humour was actually targeted at deriding the Racist aspect of his nature.