Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore

Filme para televisão
2005
1 h 13 min

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaIn 1963, flamboyant, eccentric English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan is made 'literary manager' of London's National Theatre. His views on censorship (can't stand it) and sexuality (as much o... Ler tudoIn 1963, flamboyant, eccentric English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan is made 'literary manager' of London's National Theatre. His views on censorship (can't stand it) and sexuality (as much of it onstage as possible) set him on a collision course with the NT's Chair, Sir Oliver Ly... Ler tudoIn 1963, flamboyant, eccentric English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan is made 'literary manager' of London's National Theatre. His views on censorship (can't stand it) and sexuality (as much of it onstage as possible) set him on a collision course with the NT's Chair, Sir Oliver Lyttelton. Tynan has a friend and ally in the Governor, Laurence Olivier, but cannot always ... Ler tudo

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A very flattering portrait of the drama critic Kenneth Tynan, which entirely elides any reference to his first wife, the novelist Elaine Dundy. She was once beaten up so badly by Tynan that she had to be hospitalized. There is also no reference to Tynan's obsession with sado-masochistic extra-marital relationships (with himself as the sadist) or to the venereal disease he was suffering from at the time of his early death. These aspects of his personality, whilst well-known to those who knew him, were not revealed until the posthumous publication of his diaries in the mid-1990s (something his widow tried hard to prevent).

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Kenneth Tynan: Larry calls all journalists fuckpigs.

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Featured in Forty Years of Fuck (2005)

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Much ado about very little

Why, if at all, did Kenneth Tynan matter? Although associated with the theatre his whole life, his role, as critic and script consultant, was hardly a major creative one, while his dedication to the cause of bringing pornography to the London stage, which might once have seemed fashionable (and, in the face of censorship, brave), now seems merely tawdry. This drama, based on his diaries, reveals the man as an extremely opinionated and self-regarding individual, albeit one possessed of a certain unique charm. But it's hard to share the subject's own preoccupation with himself. Smoking yourself to an early grave is not in itself a mark of greatness; and while there are funny moments, it's hard to escape the conclusion that on this evidence, Tynan just wasn't interesting enough to merit the indulgence of a film of his life.