Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

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The solutions to these problems may be obvious to some, but how bad it has to be before someone actually does something is anyone's guesss. It's worth noting that this book was published in 2001, and most essays were written in the 1990s -- as is evident in the sections that cover spousal/domestic abuse. In the pre-O.J. Simpson era, authorities in some places and times were much more lax in prosecuting domestic battery. In the U.S., the laws changed so that victims will have charges pressed on their behalf by the police -- and I hope it is that way in the U.K. at this point too. The only question is, can you really blame all this stuff on the Welfare State? And on pop music? And on pretty female celebrities who always seem to turn up wearing sexy new clothes at movie premieres? And on members of the royal family wanting to pierce their navels? The work explores the various worldviews of individuals and societies and the impositions of society on those within it. Dalrymple states that "...everyone has a Weltanschauung, a worldview, whether he knows it or not...Their ideas make themselves manifest even in the language they use." [15] The example stated is using passive speech by "those who refuse to accept responsibility for their acts." The type of language that the underclass uses, according to Dalrymple, professes their own ideas and ideology about the world. [15]

BBC - Comedy Guide - Bottom". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004 . Retrieved 30 June 2022. Spudgun: Oh, what's that smell? Eddie: That's lunch. Spudgun: Oh thank God for that. I thought I'd had an accident. Richie and Eddie are having an argument] Richie: Okay, okay, okay. Let's sort this out. Now we're good friends Eddie, we've known each other for a long time, we can talk. And there is something I have been meaning to say to you for the last twenty-five years. Eddie: Ah! What's that? Richie: I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! Go away and crawl away and die in a ditch somewhere, you bastard! Eddie is trying to teach Richie how to play chess] Richie: Right, let me get this sorted out. Now the bent vicar stands next to the queen. And the queen goes in every direction. Eddie: That's right. Richie: [looking disgusted] And they let children play this, you say? I mean, it's pretty strong stuff, isn't it Eddie? You know, knights taking prawns? And apparently, if a prawn goes all the way he turns into a queen! Episode 3 - Burglary [ edit ] Richie: Eddie, do you want to be skinned alive and buggered? Eddie: (Pointing handgun at Richie) I'd like to see you try!Eddie: We've been burgled! Richie: Well you may have been, young man, but I have never in my life! As a Christian I'm so tightly clenched... OH! Oh, burgled! A sub-theme that is mentioned is the conflict between two groups, the Indian Sikhs and the Pakistani Muslims, who "not only cannot get along with each other but also cannot adapt to secular Britain." This conflict is shown throughout the collection, usually when an Indian or Pakistani woman is acting as a patient for Dalrymple, who then extracts the story for why the person is there. However, there are only a few stories told from the perspective of Indian Sikhs and Pakistani Muslims since the majority of the patients and prisoners that Dalrymple interviews are white. [4] Style [ edit ] The legions of helpers and carers, social workers and therapists, whose incomes and careers depend crucially on the supposed incapacity of large numbers of people to fend for themselves and behave responsibly. …their entire therapeutic worldview of the patient as the passive, helpless victim of illness legitimises the very behavious from which they are there to redeem him from. … ...the idea has become entrenched that if one does not know or understand the unconscious motives for one's acts, one is not truly responsible for them. Eddie begins forging money, forcing the duo and their friends to enter a pub quiz to pay off a thug. a b Hocutt, Max (6 December 2002). "Life at the Bottom". MentalHelp.net . Retrieved 1 October 2010.

Richie: Wait, there's something written on the side. [reads] "Le Danger"..."Le Nuclear Bombe". Shit, it's all in French. Lily Linneker: Lady Natasha Sarah Jane Wellesley Ritchie: Oh, she sounds ni— Lily Linneker: (continuing) Obstronsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, Third Vicountess of Maldavia Eddie: Sounds great, we’ll have half a dozen! Episode 2 - Culture [ edit ] [Doing a crossword] Eddie: Err right. " Ironmonger", six letters. Oh, got it! "Harold". Richie: Harold? Eddie: Yeah, well he's an ironmonger, isn't he? Harold the Ironmonger, remember? We ate his dog! Richie: Oh right, we bloody won that bet, didn't we! Eddie: No, we didn't. That's why we had to eat his dog. Experiencing it on video, you get the best seat in the house without having to contend with an unruly or annoying audience, and I found the sheer exuberance of Rik and Ade's performances enjoyable. Richie: Go on, slidle over to the front and... sidle (laughs) slidle over to the front... Eddie: You want me slidle over to the front? Richie: I often write while I'm on stage. It's a great new word I've invented "slidle". Bottom: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour 2003 [ edit ] Richie: [Thinking Eddies has a woman hidden in the bathroom]: Ah...ah...ah ha. Have you got a woman in here? A woman in here?! That's against house rules. we agreed, you're not allowed any women in here unless you get one for me at the same time, so we can really "do" it. Like in my favorite video: "Noddy goes Lap-Dancing".

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The granting of monopolies close monopoly A monopoly is the sole right to make and/or sell a product.. This is the only one of the five Bottom stage shows to feature another actor aside from Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, with an unknown male appearing as the Queen at the end of Act Two.

Eddie: Righty-ho young Sonny Jim old fella-me-lad matey-skip me old pal from the briny, let's fill up the picnic hamper! a b Clark, John (December 2002). "Living and Dying in Socialist Britain". Liberty. R. W. Bradford. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010 . Retrieved 8 September 2010. Immediately before they eat the Special K, Rik is spotted shoving a handful of fake teeth into his mouth. Many had bought land during Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries close dissolution of the monasteries Between 1536 and 1541, Henry VIII closed all of the monasteries in England and Wales. All of their land and buildings were sold..Millar, John (10 December 1999). "From Hell to Paradiso". OK! Magazine . Retrieved 26 September 2022. Richie: So when you ask me, [impersonating Eddie] "Uh, what's for breakfast?" I would say 'something a little unusual. Eddie: What, like a really crap impression of me? All of a sudden? 10 weeks into the tour? Just 'cos the cameras are on? Lily Linneker: (pointing to the television) Can you see alright? Eddie: (confused) No, that’s why I wear glasses. Richie: I have excellent eyesight. Which is remarkable when you think about it. After an incident involving a blow-up doll named Monica and some superglue, Richie has, apparently, lost his penis.] Richie: Ah, Monica. You were the first, and you'll be the last. You took my cherry... right off! Eddie (Reading): 'Ten seconds have passed since I fatefully partook in the Elixir of Life. Feeling groggy... oh, all seems to fade. Darkness comes... and anal leakage...' Richie (Laughing): I don't remember him being that ill last night!

Heinegg, Peter (6 May 2002). "Downhill Since Victoria". America. 186 (15). Archived from the original on 12 June 2011 . Retrieved 8 September 2010. On 4 April 1994, all six single Bottom video releases were re-released as three "complete" double VHS releases.

Theodore Dalrymple, a retired British psychiatrist, who has spent years working with the underclass is a very keen observer of human nature, as is evidenced by this book. His dealings with thousands of these people at close quarters gave him much of the fodder for his thesis which is, I’m sure that some will disagree, that a lot of poverty is caused by dysfunctional values, values that those in power exploit and make worse by creating a culture of victims. Most of these stories and anecdotes are from Dalrymple’s time working in British slums and prisons.