Thought provoking, challenging and confirming. A great great work of artistic writing from Alan Bennett.
Set in early to mid-80's England, the play (original form) takes the audience on a journey of language and thinking. It attempts to answer yet another hole in the study of history. What builds on what, what transgressions are built or uniquely, and intimately, formed through instruction. What is education and curriculum. The processes and procedures of academic achievement and acceptance to some of the most highly regarded establishments in the world.
In a brilliant exchange the characters discuss the Holocaust, how to learn from it, what can be learned from it (if anything), if the very thought of discussing it could be sacrosanct.
A great great play and fantastic movie. Highly recommended.
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