Episode 058 - A Taste of Honey and Darling

Episode 058 of the Stinking Pause podcast with Scott and Charlie.

This week, Scott takes Charlie on a journey to the swinging sixties with two highly acclaimed British movies.

Our first review is A Taste of Honey from 1961. Directed by Tony Richardson, it stars Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan and Murray Melvin.

‘In this domestic drama, British teen Jo (Rita Tushingham) struggles to find love in her bleak day-to-day life, which is dominated by her alcoholic mother, Helen (Dora Bryan). When Jo has a brief fling with a black sailor and Helen takes up with a new lover, their already tense relationship is further strained. Jo faces more complications as she discovers she is pregnant, but finds support when she moves in with an odd but thoughtful gay student named Geoffrey (Murray Melvin).’

Our second movie is Darling from 1965. It stars Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey and features an Academy Award winning performance by Julie Christie. Directed by John Schlesinger.

‘Beautiful but easily bored Diana Scott (Julie Christie) becomes a popular model and actress in London in the 1960s while toying with the affections of two older men, married television newsman Robert Gold (Dirk Bogarde) and public relations mastermind Miles Brand (Laurence Harvey). Although Diana is the toast of swinging London, the dark side of fame and fortune begins to take its toll, but it proves harder to escape the mod scene than she expects.’

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Scott and Charlie