Family The fact that in this case the boss is a woman gives the whole enterprise even more of a "family' feel. cooks, cleaners, workers nadase marchanics, farm workers secretaries Boss-mers. They all ene boss-mother. have terests opposed to hers. never any silly talk of wage rises. or complaints of injustice Within this cosy family is the central. nuclear family Mortimer, Jill and Sandy. But it's an rather battered modern family tragically widowed, Jill is divorced and does not have custody of her children, and Sandy struggles with his handicapto 'make a go of it' in the family business. nave all raceu daversity ananave nas in But motel will Meg see through individuals fraud, : deception, and sexual behaviour hardold interest is an underlying - Verso pbk, £5.25.
- Benny, Tel. 01-2260571 although it usually across the confined space — but there is very little sense of moyement their part either, It seems strange that television drama is unable to use even basic outdoor locations to convey a more 'realistic' sense of the world, of cars and streets and buildings and fields and other people - and that it fact reverted to basically theatrical, not cinematic, techniques.
low-budget ideology perhaps the whole idea is that the world should not intrude — it would disrupt the seamless whole of the little tne extended family within which individuals can wrestle undisturbed with their consciences. Because, after all, there's nothing else to wurry about - is there?
The Young Lukacs and the Origins of Western Marxism. by Andrew Arato and Paul Briener -Pluto Press, £4.95.
Fascism and Dictatorship; by Nicos Poulantzas The Socialist Register 1979, Miliband an Saville (eds) — Merlin, £ 28 Upper Street, London N1 2X Socialist Challenge 13 December 1979 page 15
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