Afternoon Off

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1979
1h 3m

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Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys ... Read allLee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.

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Marjory: [finding Lee has bought chocolates for Iris] Chocolates? They won't do it for chocolates, you know. This isn't Berlin in 1945!

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England seen by an Outsider

The trope of presenting a culture as seen through the eyes of an outsider is a familiar literary device and dates back to Montesquieu (Lettres Persanes) if not before. The idea is to gain another perspective of the society in which we live so as to see it afresh and hopefully more objectively. This way of writing - literature as social commentary -appeals particularly to those contemptuous of their own culture, which I sense is the case with Alan Bennett. It is all a bit too plodding and obvious and clunky but in 1979 it may well have been considered a cutting and insightful take on modern Britain.