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*PREVIEW* Britainology 90: Withnail & I

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Comedy

4.6851 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Thank you to the fan who commented that we should continue to explore Richard E. Grant's career. As such, we've watched the 1987 film WITHNAIL & I and.... enjoyed it? But it's very hard to escape the notion that 1987 Britain conjuring 1969 Britain looks indistinguishable from 2024 Britain in terms of vibes, aesthetics, degree of shitness, you name it. We hope you enjoy this! Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112992157 MILO ALERT Check out Milo’s UK Tour Here: https://miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and November (@postoctobrist)

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0:00.0

Richard Griffiths, he wasn't, he wasn't a posh man, but he sort of, by virtue of, um,

0:06.3

uh, becoming a sort of a fated British actor has become posh. In that way that people, um,

0:13.0

there are certain careers in the UK that enable you to transcend in, into the status of poshness

0:18.2

and being kind of like, um, you know, Shakespearean actor is definitely

0:22.0

one of them. Yeah, so I mean, what can I say? Let's just start from the beginning. So this film,

0:30.4

one of the opening shots of this film is the I, and with Nail and I, Marwood, reading tabloid headlines. And I think one of the opening

0:39.5

shots is one about like someone getting a sex change. And he starts sort of like doom and glooming about

0:44.9

like greasy spoon. Yeah. Yeah, about like, you know, look how society is falling apart and there's

0:49.9

rapes and murders all over the place and I can't even stand being in this place because I'm falling

0:53.4

apart. I can't handle it.

0:54.8

And what you learn is that they've been up for 60 hours on speed and they're on like an

0:59.1

ultra bender.

1:00.2

And it's effectively, they are, they are two actors who live in a shitty, disgusting

1:05.9

flat in Camden.

1:07.8

And one is, yes, Marwood, the sort of narrator, the I, and the other is Withnell, who

1:13.8

is, and so I'm going to be honest with him.

1:16.3

Withnil being played by Richard E. Garone.

1:18.1

Yes.

1:18.9

I, I presumed, or rather I, from the plot and from the things that take place, it became

1:26.1

obvious to me that Withydnall was the

1:28.4

posh one and Marwood is not. And I think it's because of the, like, but it wouldn't necessarily

1:35.6

have been apparent to me right off the bat, I think. Or rather, I would say that, like, my read

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