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In Reply to: The Charge of the Light Brigade: Boys Will Be Boys posted by mr grits on June 9, 2006 at 18:06:49:
I seem to remember that film...
But you have to remember that those were probably gleefully accurate portrayals of historical characters.
The Brits conquered the world because they had a flag (Hear Eddie Izzard on this) and the class structure has never been more tellingly analysed than in Blackadder Goes Forth. The entire series should be compulsory before any country can declare war...
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To me, the best part of the whole series. The last episode was quite unexpected . . shocking to the overall tone of the series. Despite their cunning plans they still had to go over the top.Oh yes, Laurie as Prince Regent was outstanding, also.
Ex nihilo, nihil fit . . .
I think this is one of the GREAT series of British comedy, made all the funnier by its biting vision of the British class system.
Immediately before they go over the top in the final episode, where Blackadder, having failed in all his attempts to avoid certain death, comments something to the effect of "who would notice another lunatic out here?" is a moment of great poignancy, and the fading of the scene to the silent ending says more than words.
dave c,599 to repress the natives and 1 to have his butler do it.
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.2.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.3.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.4.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.5.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.6.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.
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