Sunday, 3 March 2019

The portrayal of Wales - a litany of concerns

Mixed metaphors and scrambled messages?

Here are some of the articles to which I have referred during recent months.  They don't stop coming.......... and it appears that many people are seriously concerned that when it comes to the film and TV portrayal of Wales and the Welsh, our nation is punching well below its weight.  The BBC carries some responsibility, but far more of it rests with the Welsh Government and the Assembly, both of which appear to be frightened by the prospect of doing anything proactive............


https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-pitching-in-disaster-shows-that-you-need-to-make-in-wales-not-just-set-in-wales/

https://www.walesartsreview.org/sex-education-accidental-elegy-for-post-industrial-wales/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47310251#

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44385773

https://www.walesartsreview.org/tv-the-story-of-wales/?fbclid=IwAR36pj5rGRAl-8bEwzWiAXy2x6g9UeB03zvFjS6nruZg865vbwWIO7wEbgA

https://nation.cymru/opinion/we-must-fight-back-against-a-popular-culture-that-depicts-the-welsh-as-idiots/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47231099?mc_cid=7d425cb298&mc_eid=e8544fd014

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/raymond-williams-question-who-speaks-13935418

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42871831

https://theconversation.com/were-seeing-plenty-of-welsh-locations-in-bbc-dramas-one-day-they-may-be-shows-about-wales-92628

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