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Satire in the 60's - Coggle Diagram
Satire in the 60's
Monarchy
Little impact
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Huge interest for weddings and anniversaries, shown by huge demand for TV for the Queen's coronation
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Impact
TW3 sketch on them "The Royal Barge is sinking", however only satire on them really
Government
Impact
TW3, 12mn views, regularly mocked politicians such as Macmillan, post master general attempted to have it cancelled but Macmillan denied
1963- Private eye published stories over Profumo (secretary of war) having an affair with a call-girl. Led to official government enquiry, Profumo resigned and so did Macmillan not long after, great deal of damage to the reputation of the conservative party.
LT- Increased interest into politicians private lives, previously had a gentleman's agreement w/ papers
Little impact
Satire only had a short span, mainly 60-63
Removal of the 14 day rule (not allowed to publish news being debated in parliament for 14 days), more impactful on government
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Church
Impact
1968- Oh Brother! starred an inept monk, undermining the authority of religious figures, showed them as silly and incompetent. Received many letters of complaint
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Priests laughed along with the church satire, clearly not impactful on undermining them.
Little impact
1959- Reform movement of Vatican II massive failure, banning of contraception despite pill just becoming v.popular in Britain
Historian Hasting argued that rise of sexual equality reason for secularisation and diminishing authoirty, difficult for an all male church to maintain authority
Those going to church fallen from 35 to 13% of the population post WW2. So secularisation already happening before 60s
1963 - Honest to God by Bishop of Woolwich calling for a less supernatural and more personal representation of God. Best seller with over 100,000 copies