1. British Realism in A Taste of Honey and Trainspotting
(Neale, 1985: p.96) Social realist films also focus on the types of characters that mainstream cinema often neglects; the characters that inhabit the social margins of society in terms of status and power the working or lower classes, as John Hill notes: "traditionally social realism within Britain has been associated with the making visible of the working-class." ... Not only were the themes highly controversial but Richardson's film is an exception to other social realist films of the time because the main character is female. ... She personifies intolerance, social un-acceptance and ...
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