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Bryan Andrews @bryandrews.bsky.social

I saw 28 Years Later the other day (pretty good!) and I'm curious - do Americans know who Jimmy Savile was?

aug 2, 2025, 5:50 pm • 0 0

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Nigel M @oxtailsoup.bsky.social

Dunno, but—That ending got me thinking about younger viewer—and why Danny Boyle is so subversive here. A younger viewer might ask—who the hell would make a cult around Savile? Well, 28 years earlier... Deffo hits the bullseye!

aug 3, 2025, 10:02 am • 1 0 • view
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Bryan Andrews @bryandrews.bsky.social

That's a good point. Somehow it hadn't occured to me that his crimes might not have been uncovered in the series' timeline! Definitely still got Bad Vibes from that gang regardless.

aug 3, 2025, 6:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nigel M @oxtailsoup.bsky.social

I read it as clever jab at those who actually did make a cult of Savile. Contemporary documentary deal with the silencing of victims and whistle-blowers. And an establishment in thrall. Boyle very much holding up a mirror to those who knew. Or I may just be overthinking a bit of very dark humour

aug 3, 2025, 7:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bryan Andrews @bryandrews.bsky.social

Well it would fit with some of the 'sending your kids off to war' stuff from earlier in the film.

aug 3, 2025, 7:19 pm • 1 0 • view