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A Parting Shot from Dennis Potter

When groundbreaking television writer Dennis Potter learned he was dying of cancer, he sat down with Melvyn Bragg for a final interview. The subject of media mogul Rupert Murdoch came up.  
 
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Gareth7685 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Great parting shot at the shit from a great man. Wonder what he would've made of the top quality shows that are being produced despite (and certainly not because of) the control of Murdoch and his ilk. One thing is for sure, Potter showed us that TV can be art, and that's something we'll need from telly whoever owns its production. Murdoch is in it for control but you can't stop the signal! Respect due to Potter for leading the way! Elbow.
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The world is so much bleaker without Dennis Potter. What a fantasticly visionary man and an exceptional writer he was
roachy333 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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I recently picked up a video copy of this interview...it is one of the most (probably the most) remarkable pieces of television that I've ever witnessed.

It's hard to believe that such a talented writer ever graced our screens with his sublime work...even more so now, when you purvey the sewage that is now regarded as television drama.

'The glittering coffin' ironically now best describes the 'television set'.
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Perhaps Dennis would have enjoyed the rise of the internet over television and that much content escapes mogul control thus manifesting that lost egalitarianism he once saw in television.

I dont' know what the general trend but i was a stereptypical tv addict watching it most of my waking life, anything and everything and repeats, but now i am mostly on the internet.

Now its likely i will research and pursue a thought process using the internet and wikipaedia and my english has improved.
katiegreenaway (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Yes, T.V. &the arts now appeal only to the lowest common denominator, & it's due to capitalism &Bastard Murdoch. Money. has no correlation with the arts. I sometimes wonder how many supressed marvels there are out there, because they aren't profit making.
katiegreenaway (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I too would enjoy killing Murdoch.and I'm a passifist. When is the decrepit old bastard going to die? Evil
IntellectualAmy (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I remember watching this whole interview and feeling such deep sadness.  Dennis Potter certainly was a ground-breaking Television playwright. I always adored the way how he fused drama with 1930's/40's songs. There was no other writer like him. Many playwrights achive one notable work for which they will always be remembered for. Dennis Potter wrote plays that will be fondly remembered for years to come. Cold Lazerus was a fitting end to a brilliant life.
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Watch out for the world's largest purveyor of pornography & news manipulation thru his Fox smut channels, also I saw an entire epsiode on the Murdoch family, a story by actor Tim Robbins totally blanked on Foxtel, that is what this scummy creep will resort to to oide his his devious credentials.
solutus (2 months ago)
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where did you get this information exactly?

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