Investigates the reasons for the Dame’s enduring hold on the audience’s imagination. It examines her function as an outrageous and aggressive parody of female behaviour and the changes in portrayal corresponding with changing social attitudes to women and sexuality. Above all the program attempts to discover why we laugh at her. Cast includes Arthur Askey, George Lacy, Duggie Byng, Paul Laidlaw, Terry Scott, Ian Evans, Jack Tripp, Victoria Wood and John Morley.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
33395
Language
English
Subject categories
Comedy
Comedy → Parody
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Attitude change
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social change
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social influence
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women's rights
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Attitude change
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women's rights
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Attitude (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Attitude change
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women - Psychology
History → Women's rights
Music & Performing Arts → Pantomime
Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts
Short films
Short films → Short films - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan