Jonathan Blake is still alive, he'll be 75 next month

@emmetstone1660

28 күн бұрын

That's amazing! I was wondering if he was! And hoping

As a gay, son of a miner born during the miners strike, this film has such a close connection to me, love this film! Fun fact, the recreation of the march over Westminster Bridge at the end, we see the actors/Charecter we've been following all movie, but look closely behind at some of the older faces, those are the real people whose story we've been loving

@daz69phillips

Ай бұрын

Stop saying fun fact

@RealJustinCrow

Ай бұрын

@@daz69phillips fun fact, no I won't lol

@kaydenbanford

Ай бұрын

not only are there real members of LGSM in some scenes, in the bookshop towards the beginning the guy who talks about how miners used to beat him up on the way to and from school everyday and then left is an actor called Dean Ashton, he is the real Mark Ashton's cousin.

@RealJustinCrow

Ай бұрын

@@kaydenbanford I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know

@sadfaery

Ай бұрын

I had no idea! That's so cool. Thank you for providing that great bit of trivia!

Pride, Kinky Boots, and Billy Elliot make up a great trilogy about the British working class accepting outsiders.

@hertelantje

Ай бұрын

Kinky Boots is excellent!

@maybeso68

Ай бұрын

The Full Monty too, sorta. ;)

@dannybonett8349

Ай бұрын

Kinky Boots is amazing and you would love it Ash.

@diamondstud322

Ай бұрын

Omg Billy Elliot is awesome!

@deetsitmeisterjd

29 күн бұрын

This is England is like the most accurate tone to film I've ever seen. Its obviously the complete opposite of accepting outsiders though.

This is one of those films where the cast was already pretty crazy at the time and has only become more so. Dominic West, Bill Nighy, Paddy Considine , Jessica Gunning, Imelda Staunton, Andrew Scott...

@DanCookMovieReviews

Ай бұрын

Don’t forget Gorgeous George McKay

Being from a South Wales mining town I absolutely love this film and my heart swells with PRIDE every time I see them turn out at the end. So glad at last a reactor has reacted to this film.

The scene in the bar where they bring out the miner was the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London. I was there back in the 80's that night. I remember it well.

A famous band called The Communards did a song called For a Friend. The lead singer was friends with Mark and this was dedicated to him. It’s a beautiful song, give it a listen

@georgedominguez255

Ай бұрын

Beautiful song! Thank you for that great information.

@vanessawhitneypro

25 күн бұрын

YAAASSSSS! The Communards and Bronski Beat! SO GOOD!

Gethen is played by Andrew Scott who was famous for playing Moriarty in the Sherlock series.

@dankofanz

Ай бұрын

And the hot priest in Fleabag

@gozerthegozarian9500

Ай бұрын

He's got a new Netflix series out now, "Ripley" based on the books by Patricia Highsmith. It is soooo f*cking good!

I just watched this for the first time, too. I don't remember if it was clear from the movie, but the strike failed. The miner's union, as were labor unions all over the UK, were crushed under Thatcher. These communities never recovered. An inspiring story within a sad story portrayed in a great movie.

@jeffreymayes907

Ай бұрын

I remember going to see Billy Elliot with my soon to be Irish wife, a few of her cousins and their roommates. I was the only male and I was the only American. It was a late showing so it got out around midnight. We were all silent as we walked across the parking lot to our cars, when all of a sudden one of the roommates said "Fucking Margret Thatcher". The movie really stared up some memories for them about the coal strike as well has the Troubles.

@chrismiller7743

Ай бұрын

@@jeffreymayes907 Yeah, a lot of people were openly celebrating when she died recently. She is HATED in a lot of the country.

@davidsedgley1133

Ай бұрын

@@chrismiller7743 The UK still hasn't come close to recovering from the damage she caused. She's responsible for the suffering of millions.

@adaddinsane

27 күн бұрын

@@davidsedgley1133 To be fair, nowadays, it's hard to tell where her damage ends and the last twelve years of Tories f-ing up our lives starts. And it's not like Labour can wave a magic wand to fix it all (even if they were so inclined, which is itself in doubt), we have so many more years of this...

@duggs4456

20 күн бұрын

And a lot of our communities will never vote Tory again. Both football teams from my city boo the national anthem in large part because of her. Finally more of the country followed suit with our election yesterday

If you want to see some other good movies that tell great stories during the miners strikes, see "Brassed Off" and "Billy Elliot"

@AmyL._orcgirl

Ай бұрын

Braised off! I loved that movie and totally forgot about it. ❤

@quiddityocean

Ай бұрын

I love those two movies. Great suggestions for Ashleigh

I agree with other commenters that significant progress (although not sufficient) has been made such that Ashleigh doesn' remember how LGBT folks were treated nearly 40 years ago. Let's hope that things continue to move forward but are not forgotten. Regarding the original movie of Hairspray, even though it has a man protraying a females character, it is not LBGTQ+ themed, but is still worth a watch.

There's a public square in the 4th arrondissement of Paris named in the memory of Mark Ashton.

Paddy Considine is a gem.

Yes, that is professor umbridge from Harry Potter.

@psygertart

Ай бұрын

And cliff is the minister of magic

20:43 Mark Ashton used to work at the gay switchboard. One guy he interviewed for a job there said he realised halfway through eh was flirting with him - asking him about clubs and stuff like that. I don't know whether or not Mike was in love with Mark like he was in the movie - but from what I remember of what I've read about him, I get the feeling that every second man who knew Mark was in love with him. The song played at the end - For A Friend. While it is or can be used as a tribute for anyone who's lost anyone (particularly to AIDS), I'm pretty sure it was written for Mark. Apparently when he died they all came back - the miners from Wales, with the band and the Banners to give him a full send-off. Rumour has it there are still some places in Wales where they talk about him like he was Joan of Arc.

The actor playing Gethin's name is Andrew Scott. He played the Hot Priest in the series Fleabag. You should react to that series. It's awesome. This is such a good movie.

One of my favorite movies. The best way to explain intersectionality and solidarity. You can't be a socialist if you tolerate the discrimination and oppresion of anyone

@blortmeister

Ай бұрын

I cannot agree strongly enough. Solidarity forever!

@douglassnyder214

Ай бұрын

The National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) would disagree. You can absolutely identify as Socialist AND define your movement by racial, gender, sexual identity, and disability discrimination. In fact you can commit genocide in the name of socialism and be true to your beliefs. There's are tens of millions of people dead in persuit of socialism. There is nothing inherently good about socialism.

@Darth-Lesbian

28 күн бұрын

I can’t be a socialist because it is pure unadulterated evil that tends to end with the genocide of my family.

I'll always regret that I didn't have the money to buy the Pits and Perverts t shirt someone was selling on ebay. It was only something like £16 but I couldn't spare it at the time. It would've been cool to own a piece of that history. It happened only a few miles up the road from me, but half a year before I was born. Done Wales proud, them lot

@whotookthedoor

Ай бұрын

The original bookshop (Gay's the Word) still sells the shirts on their own website for £13.99. Money goes to support LGSM.

@purcascade

Ай бұрын

​@@whotookthedoorSpectacular! Thank you!

25:33 Margaret Tatcher's government introduced 'Section 28' - a law that banned "the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities". It was in effect from 1988-2000 in Scotland and from 1988-2003 in England and Wales. A lot of student support groups for LGBT's had to close down because of it. To be specific, Section 28: "stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship"." And people complain "we can't say anything"/"everyone's so sensitive" now.

I'm so glad you loved this movie, Ashleigh! The Miners' Strike was a major cultural battle in the 80s - basically, they were the most powerful union in the country, they'd brought down the previous government and because most power stations ran on coal, previous strikes had reduced the factories to working three days a week and left people sitting in the dark. Thatcher decided to confront them head-on, and ended up closing down most of the mines, and it split Britain down the middle, so she would regularly top the polls of both most admired and most hated public figures. At the same time, the intolerance to homosexuality shown here was real - the Elton John reference is hilarious because he was so far in the closet he actually got married around that time. Homosexuality was only legalised in the UK 18 years before this movie was set, and as the movie said, the age of consent was 21 (it has now been reduced to 16 to match the heterosexual figure). I was at school then, and calling someone gay was a serious insult, none of the 1000 boys in my school would have dreamed of coming out. Things have changed so much in 40 years, though they're still far from perfect. It's a lovely story but also the serious acting talent on display is amazing - you spotted Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge), but Bill Nighy (Cliff) was Rufus Scrimgeour in the Potterverse, and was also in all 3 "Cornetto" movies [Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and World's End], Love Actually and About Time. Also, I know you've talked about watching the Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock - which you definitely should - and Andrew Scott (Gethin) was the breakout star from that as Moriarty. Anyway, thank you for working so hard to get your head around the British references: it was a joy, as your videos always are!

Miners were (and still are) REALLY abused... The 80s is one of the times they rose up! BILLY ELLIOT is around that same time, too! GREAT FILM.

The discrimination was definitely there in the 1980s and things that are absolutely abhorrent to hear these days were socially acceptable

@daz69phillips

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@malingor7042

Ай бұрын

​@@daz69phillipswhy is that funny,bigot? Why did you even come in here because you clearly learnt nothing

It's a sign of progress that Ashely is too young to remember how bad things were for gays at the time this movie takes place. What was normal then is considered atrocious now.

@cyberwolf_1013

24 күн бұрын

All she has to do is look around America and see how Trans people are being attacked right now. I don't mean to say false equivalency on the matter but the lines are running parallel.

Congratulations in watching your first truly British movie, for a follow up I suggest "The Full Monty". You'll love that one!

@BGSmedia123

Ай бұрын

She's reacted to Shawn of The Dead and Snatch.

Ashliegh I've seen alot of suffering in my lifetime. Seeing people get beaten on the streets, getting 😮fired from their job's, getting kicked out of their home's and dying from AIDS😢 I lost 9 friends to the HIV virus in the 80's, I'm 70 and was 27 when I got the virus,❤ I love the empathy you show toward suffering and abused people .😢 Something we need more of these days. 😊 Peace✌️ and Love❤️ your 70 year old forever hippie Gary😊 "PRIDE" one of my favorite movies. 😍 ✌️

As a queer woman, whose great-grandfather and grandfather were miners (who both died in mine collapses)...this movie hits at different angles. Thank you for reacting to it! Sadly, many people still have these negative views of, and take these negative actions against, the LGBTQ+ community.

@o.b.7217

Ай бұрын

Harrassment and violence are the only things that really ever "trickle down". Just give one downtrodden faction another - _allegedly even lower_ - downtrodden faction to h8 upon...and they will gladly do it. Forgetting, who the real enemies are.

@itzbp9949

Ай бұрын

You people always act like being gay is your personality trait and that's all you are it's actually really sad

i had no idea this film even existed and now i want to watch the whole thing myself. thank you for introducing it to me!

But I'm a Cheerleader is a CLASSIC, and has aged very nicely throughout the years. CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!! I suggest the original Hairspray- which stars a young Ricki Lake, and the beloved drag queen known as Divine. But, that would be up to the Patrons! I'm excited either way!!

@ragtimeraver

Ай бұрын

My fingers are crossed it's the original Hairspray. The 2007 one is fun, but the original is iconic.

@lucywillis4174

Ай бұрын

I only saw but, I'm a cheerleader last year... But I already love it.

Brilliant. I love this film. I'm not gay, I'm not Welsh (although as Scottish I'm a fellow Celt). Never expected you to watch this. But I was a teen in the Eighties and I saw the pit closures destroy lives and AIDS destroy lives. I think everyone should watch this film. Just to see how amazing people can be.

Inwas a queer activist in the 90s and 2000s. We supported many protests from different groups. The queers were always front liners on many protests that weren't queer based. Like standing in front protests against the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings. We faced the brunt of it, the straights didn't. Trampled by horses, police battens, you name it. We fought for human rights always. Unfortunately the younger queers are destroying everything we fought for.

Paris is Burning, Pose, Saving Face, Moonlight, Imagine Me & You, Carol, Love Simon, To Wong Foo, Red White & Royal Blue... to name a few more to add to the must-watch LGBTQ classics list!

27:06 I always he means they both lost the same person - that his younger brother was her husband. That's why he was trying to talk her out of it.

You really need to react to Cabaret with Liza Minelli.

In case anyone's wondering no, that performance of 'Bread and Roses' didn't happen in real life, but it is a real song. Written either in the late 1800s or the early 1900s, it's been used in references to a lot of strikes over the decades. The right for living well as well as the right for means to live.

@jeffreymayes907

Ай бұрын

That is true. it's from the 1911 poem of the same name by James Oppenheim. It became prominent during the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence Massachusetts when Helen Todd and women's suffrage activist referenced the poem in one of her speeches. It's been a symbol/slogan for the labor movement ever since.

Mary Whitehouse was a old Christian lady in the UK who set up a crusade against what she saw as 'immorality' on TV.

@seamusburke639

Ай бұрын

I like to refer to her as The Mortal Enemy of Fun.

@lucywillis4174

Ай бұрын

@@seamusburke639 she was certainly an experience

This is great that you did this movie. I (almost) always love your reactions better than anyone else on this platform. It's not pride-related, but in the spirit of UK movies and style, I hope one day you do The Full Monty. It has that same amazing spirit and heart.

@itzakpoelzig330

Ай бұрын

Or Waking Ned Divine.

The poster beside the Elton John poster was the band Soft Cell who did the song "Tainted Love" among others. It was a two piece band featuring Marc Almond and David Ball.

@pobstrel

Ай бұрын

They are still together and played some live dates earlier this year.

Yes that was Dame Imelda Staunton aka Delores Umbridge who we all wanted dead in Harry Potter and he Order of the Phoenix

This film has a sister. “Brassed off” is set at the same time about the miners strike, and explains the impact on the miners of the pit closures. Stella cast. Well worth watching.

@melvyncollins7305

Ай бұрын

And Billy Elliott, another film set around the Miners strike.

@notjustforhackers4252

Ай бұрын

The Full Monty (1997)

@o.b.7217

Ай бұрын

All these British working-class dramas are worth watching.

@benswindlehurst1857

Ай бұрын

more like step sister

@blortmeister

Ай бұрын

I thought music mattered. Does it? Bollocks. Not like our people matter! A couple of decades since I saw Brassed Off and the line stays with me.

Andrew Scott is the magnificent actor you mentioned looks like a young Mark Ruffalo. If you’re ever curious to see a masterpiece in gay cinema, I highly recommend his 2023 film All of Us Strangers! Beautifully haunting and a tearjerker of a love story.

It's a bit silly how happy you reacting to this has made me, but silly can be good. Such a packed cast. I was 16 when this was set, living in an industrial area. Hits home in many ways. The times, the attitudes...

Craziest thing? Mark's actor is American! His accent is dead-on! I've never have guessed otherwise.

@pobstrel

Ай бұрын

Agree. I was shocked to find out that he wasn't English!

You should also watch "It's A Sin" Great series, emotion, comedy, drama, warmth, really recommend😌

@cyberwolf_1013

24 күн бұрын

Oh is that the mini series on the British aids epidemic that came out like last year? (I think)

You should add "And The Band Played On" to your Pride month reactions.

I recently attended a public screening of this with the screenwriter and many union and Pride attendees, some involved in the protests attending - it was a lovely event relating to a fabulous true story movie.

Kinky Boots 2005 Great movie for Pride Month....or even for regular lineup.

The HIV/AIDS topic is hard for people to wrap their head around if they did not live through it. You could see in Ashley's reactions at time the disbelieve at the bigotry which was a fairly mildly portrayed in the movie. I had two friends that died from it. One was straight and one was gay. My gay friend was like Joe (Bromley) and Gethin was shunned by his family and basically never spoke to him again. When he died they did not even have an obituary. As a note about this in the film: When Hefina called to thank Jonathan for the Christmas card and winds up talking on the phone with Gethin, he is standing beside a bunch of photos of friends that died of AIDS.

Trying out eye make up for pride whilst watching an Ashleigh video. What's the worst thing that could happen???

I think you did well for someone with no knowledge of the UK etc! If you ever watch the movie Billy Elliot, the same strike is depicted in that. My dad remembers collecting food and money and things at the time like they did in the movie. The song they played over the end of the film, I went to a demonstration a few years ago which was generally in support of worker’s rights etc and the guy who wrote and sang it was there performing. I’d already seen this movie so seeing the march and hearing that song I just crying in the street 😂😂😂

20:38 - Soft Cell, who brought us the amazing (cover of) Tainted Love.

It's lovely that you watched this movie, as queer someone from Wales it's a great movie of a important event with a wonderful cast. What's interesting when the film was released to DVD in the States they removed any references to the gay content which still happens with LGBT+ films.

@paulhammond6978

Ай бұрын

I'm struggling to understand how that is even possible, since that's a fair proportion of the major cast, and the whole point of the story.

@o.b.7217

Ай бұрын

@@paulhammond6978 They only removed the references from the DVD cover - not from the movie itself. "In January 2015, it was reported that the cover of the US DVD release of the film made no mention of the gay content. A standard description of "a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists" was reduced to "a group of London-based activists", and a lesbian and gay banner was removed from a photograph on the back cover."

@paulhammond6978

Ай бұрын

@@o.b.7217 Oh, removed the references from the case. So you have to buy the movie first before you get surprised by what kind of "activists" they meant. Thanks for explaining.

@oliver91ist

Ай бұрын

My mistake I was helping someone so posted it without checking sorry for not being clear

9:30 yes Ashleigh, that's Dame Imelda Staunton who played Dolores Umbridge in 2 of the Harry Potter films

Oh this one’s class. Just about to watch you! If you didn’t….the end song… “for a friend” written for the main character. Epic

I knew, you would like this, Ashleigh! One of my favourite movies. *Solidarity* sure is a pretty powerful thing - IF it gets used. The LGSM recognized that the authorities/the police had switched from oppressing one easy target _(the L+G community)_ to oppressing another easy target _(the striking miners)_ - sanctioned by the government lead by "the iron lady", Margaret Thatcher. And instead of enjoying that new _(time-limited)_ freedom, they decided to show solidarity and support "the new target" of a restrictive government. Just imagine, everyone, what we could achieve, if we would follow their example and stood together, shoulder to shoulder, against a common foe, instead of tearing each other apart, like "they" want us to.

@blortmeister

Ай бұрын

Preach!

'Pride' is a good film- 'Beautiful Thing' is the best British gay film....others worth a watch- 'Get Real', 'Bedrooms and Hallways' and the UK version and original 'Queer as Folk'.

@sadfaery

Ай бұрын

100%! Beautiful Thing is one of my all-time favorite LGBTQ+ films.

I predict a higher than normal "not understanding" of references from Ashleigh as not only is this set in 80s,it's also set in UK🎩

I cant believe you watched this!!! It's one of my favorite movies 😍

I just wanted to say, I had the worst day today. I didn't wanna live anymore. My husband put some of your videos on and I watched several for a hour. I was laughing and crying and you gave me a reason to want to keep going. I hope someday to meet you. Thank you

It's such an honour to see someone watch this for the first time, it's such an emotional roller coaster but such a beautiful story

Some are real, some are based on real with slightly different names (I think), Bromley is an original character - sort of a link between the audience and the film characters because they're both new to the group, and a stand in for everyone just coming out of the closet or finding the courage to come out of the closet.

I never heard of this film, your reaction was great. I will make a point of watching the whole movie soon! I well remember the 80s here in the states, had several close friends who were out and proud, but also scared. Those were scary years. We really have come a long way.

What a great choice of movie Kinky Boots would have been a fun one for this month... Calender Girls, Blinded By The Light and Sing Street for other British movies that are great but can be watched outside of Pride Month

For next Pride, definitely look into Velvet Goldmine and Hedwig And The Angry Inch.

@Gargess

Ай бұрын

Might be tricky with the music but doable

@user-gi6od6es4x

Ай бұрын

Breakfast on Pluto might be a good option for next year too

ASHLEIGH, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR WATCHING THIS GREAT MOVIE ABOUT A HUGELY IMPORTANT MOVEMENT!!

I'd recommend the 1999 animated comedy South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut for its 25th anniversary, if that's OKay? It's one of the funniest comedies I've seen. It completely goes with Trey Parker and Matt Stones outrageous humor but also good commentary on themes of censorship, scapegoating, and parents refusing to talk to their children. I love that it also kinda makes fun of Disney movies and even the controversies surrounding South Park itself. It's one of the best comedy movies ever and one of the best musicals. Every song is an insanely catchy bop. It's just a great, fun time and a good example of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's humor really working 🙂

Davy Jones, Delores Umbrage, and Moriarty all in the same film? This is the creme de la creme of evil right here! 💙

"This guy looks like a very young Mark Ruffalo". Girl, I take you haven't been introduced to hot priest yet and we need to remedy that ASAP. You have to watch Fleabag. Both seasons. Really. Thank me later 😂

It’s just said how it’s spelt 😊 Swan-sea. Swonzee. 😂 one of the few places in Wales where you can say that 😂😂

@ianharrison3662

Ай бұрын

or Abertawe as the Welsh speakers call it.

So happy to see this reaction!! More people need to react to this film. 😁❤Oh BTW breeders are straight people. 😂

The guy who play Gethin also played Moriarty in Sherlock.

Hairspray 88 ,07 or 16? Musical wise I'd stick with the official release over the live adaption. But I recently watched the 88 film that became the musical and its worth a view.

Miner's strike - huge, went on for a year. There are still families in pit towns torn apart by it. Miners starved, fighting for their livelihoods. There were battles between the police and the pickets. Meanwhile, Pride in London had been going since the 70s, but 84 was the height of the Aids epidemic fear - nobody really understood it and it was considered a 'gay disease'. You could not admit to being gay if you lived where I grew up. I can clearly remember having a stand up row where my uncle told me he'd hit me, because I objected to him saying gay people deserved aids. The age of consent for gay men was 21. Technically there never was one for lesbians, though under 16 would have been assault. And it was 16 for straight people. It wasn't till 2000 that the age of consent was made 16 across the board. Mary Whitehouse was a Christian evangelist bigot, who wanted to 'clean up' TV. TV bosses were afraid of her, but if you were under 40 in the 80s she was a figure of ridicule. The miners' galas, and the picnics, and the marches still happen, even though all the pits have now closed.

Next year, for Pride Month, you should watch "Jeffrey" (1995) with an ensemble cast. Starring Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart, Nathan Lane, and Sigourney Weaver.

@uffda3937

Ай бұрын

Great movie!

I just looked Jonathan Blake up - yes, as far as June 2024 if concern he's still alive.

Loved this movie! Big reason was the fact that it wasn't a tear-jerker or sad ending film - like soooooo many gay-themed movies.

@randalthor6670

Ай бұрын

BTW: I watched that movie when I was living in Knoxville.

@Ashleigh Burton the band in the poster next to the Elton John Poster is Soft Cell ( Marc Almond & Dave Bell) an English Synth-pop duo that came to prominence in the early 1980s 20:38

Happy Pride friends 🧡

Spliff-ette.... Spliff. You usually need an Henry ( the eight ) and a packet of rolling skins. A Spliff is slang for a joint, devils lettuce, I imagine a Spliff-ette is a small single skin ( cigarette paper ). Whereas a proper joint can utilise up to 12 skins ( papers ) and are often called a "Camberwell carrot", because, obviously, they were invented in Camberwell. Apparently, I'm not an expert, honest. 😁

@Pippi_Wrong_Stockings

Ай бұрын

This reply made me realise... Ashleigh NEEDS to react to Withnail and I. That would be something special.

@notjustforhackers4252

Ай бұрын

@@Pippi_Wrong_Stockings 😉

I was really looking forward to But I'm a Cheerleader. Great film. Haven't seen this one.

Ben Shnetzer did such a good job as Mark. I was amazed to find out he is an American actor and not British. Andrew Scott's Welsh accent on the other hand....

I love this film and I'm surprised there aren't more reactions to it out there, especially with a lot of reactors doing themes for Black History Month, Halloween and Christmas etc.

@o.b.7217

Ай бұрын

Most reactors are from the US. And believe it or not - many don't watch movies from the UK (not to mention any even more "foreign" movies). Has a lot to do with actor recognition, I believe. The US market prefers their own actors. That's also why so many foreign films get US remakes.

“Boys Don’t Cry” for Pride month🔥❤️❤️

Question: Originally in the script when we meet Steph and she tells Joe that her parents threw her out when she was 16 she added "Mind you, I was snogging the babysitter". Should that have been kept? Snogging, in case anyone here isn't sure, meaning kissing.

OH MY GOD ASHLEIGH!!!!! this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Like no joke it is a comfort movie for me. It’s so beautiful and uplifting and just makes me so happy and also makes me bawl my eyes out. I never see reactions to this and you’re one of my fave reactors so this means the world, especially for me as a bisexual woman. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

29:17 No. The strike's over. But it's not a celebration. If they'd won there'd be a party. They lost. But they're going with their heads held high. It was the longest strike in British history.

I was so happy to see this reaction! It’s a fabulous choice for pride month. So pleased to see you enjoy the incredible humanity in this story.

To celebrate Donald Sutherland, I nominate "Kelly's Heroes". It's one of his most iconic roles, beloved around the world, and has even been referenced in anime.

To add a bit more context to what's going on at this time; the UK, like every other major developed economy, was built on a lot of old fashioned ideas. A MAJOR part of the economy is PRODUCING goods. Unions were the default, and they were VERY powerful. Politically the UK tends to swing between what's considered the LEFT, in Labour, and the RIGHT, in the Conservatives (also known as the Tories). The 70's had two Labour terms back-to-back, leading to LOTS of unions across LOTS of sectors going out on strike in support of ANOTHER union. Some were more militant than others. Some would be looking for excuses to pull a fast strike, where they just walk off the job. Public services like Bin Collection fell apart, leading to the Winter Of Discontent, which sealed Labour's fate in the next General Election. Labour were the PARTY OF THE UNIONS, and of the 1%. In the 1978 General Election, Conservative Margaret Thatcher won a landslide on a platform of "getting the unions under control, and getting Britain moving again". She was the UK's 1st Female PM. She had more balls than the Men in her cabinet. She laid waste to the various workers rights protections, giving employers much more power and freedom to exploit workers. The UK Police were "no nonsense" when it comes to Policing protests, strikes and public order offences. There was a LOT of Police provocation, and a lot of power trips. Minor unrest was widespread, with all these communities being hotbeds. She 100% bought into the "greed is good" view of the world, mirroring Reagan in the US. She Privatised the UK's Public Services, and Public Housing stock. They got a HUGE windfall of revenue, but used it to fund HUGE tax cuts for the 1%. The Conservatives are the PARTY OF THE ELITES. If they'd reinvested that revenue instead, back into those communities, to build LOTS more Council homes, Schools, Hospitals etc then history would have been very different.

I actually never heard of this movie. I guess it's good. I only know Bill Nighy is in it

Not seen it yet but the actress playing Sian is in a show called Baby Reindeer on Netflix. She’s also in The Outlaws filmed in my actual street!?

Don't feel bad, I also didn't know what breeders were a few years ago. Someone kindly explained it to me while I was playing World of Warcraft online, believe it or not!

If you're interested in seeing more films about political activism in the gay community, I recommend Milk and And The Band Played On. The first is about Harvey Milk - the gay organizer in San Francisco. The second is about the early days of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.

@chrismiller7743

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Harvey Milk led a similar effort, backing a Teamsters strike of Coors (which also refused to hire gay employees). I hear to this day they don't sell Coors in the Castro. The Teamsters later backed gay rights efforts. I love the solidarity.

No Donald Sutherland film? He was one of the greats who just past. RIP Donald.

@dannybonett8349

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Next Monday right for Donald movies Dirty Dozen or Kelley’s Heroes just in time for Independence Day

@lordwalker71

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It’s pride month and she probably had reviews pre filmed

@FunnyHaHa420

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@@dannybonett8349 Kelley's Heroes 4 sure. They are both great but Donald's performance in KH is classic.

This has Andrew Scott in it. He stars in another fantastic gay film called " All Of Us Strangers". I know you would love it. Released last year, also staring Paul Mescal, Clair Foy and Jamie Bell. It should be added to your pride list for a future pride you wont be disappointed!

Ashleigh, for next Pride Month, please watch Zorro The Gay Blade. Or really, you could just watch it anytime. It's pretty hilarious 😂😂😂

"Breeders" is slang for "heterosexuals."

Such a great movie. Really highlights the plight of the Miners in the 80s and support from LGSM. If you want another movie set in the same time, you should really watch Brassed Off. It's another fantastic movie about down trodden miners.

24:40 And to make matters worse the directors commentary described it as being the opposite of the 'walk of shame'. He's so happy. Think he got the guy's number?

The scene in the social hall where they are talking about mining and the "dark artery" is from a small part of an interview that Dick Cavett had with Richard Burton in 1980. It's really worth a watch to hear Burton talks about coal and the love of mining. Burton grew up about 12 miles from where the movie takes place in Onllwyn. His father and all of his brothers but one were miners. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmhtsZeoktTOmaQ.htmlsi=mLX1gBO609kyRozx&t=668

That Soft Cell poster next to the Elton John poster is EPIC! "Tainted Love..." 💙