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Article: The "Politics and Poetics' of Embodiment in Mike Leigh's Television Film HARD LABOUR.
- Article from:
- Journal of Popular Film & Television
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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Common assertion that one is likely to read about the films of Mike Leigh is that they are political, and yet few critics or reviewers have been willing to take on the task of identifying the political perspectives that inform Leigh's work. In fact, more often than not, these commentators have tended to sidestep the political by contending that what matters in Leigh's films is humanity in general--as if human relations can somehow be separated from politics. For instance, in what is otherwise an excellent overview of Leigh's work to 1983, John Russell Taylor defends Leigh's films from charges that he misrepresents certain social typologies by contending that Leigh is ...
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