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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 434788" data-attributes="member: 8">Carry On Teacher (1959)[ATTACH=full]58194[/ATTACH]Never thought I&#039;d watch my first Carry On on netflix, and I also discovered that they stream lots of British classics including the Studiocanal/Vintage Series of which I have several on DVD.It goes without saying that these films don&#039;t show up in the standard browser mode, you have to look for it.Now I can&#039;t remember why I thought these films would be inaccessibly British, or why that idea would enter my mind to begin with.The first giggle happened with the introduction of Ms. Allcock., but apart from that and some double entendre here and there it&#039;s almost sleaze-free.I was surprised that it was mostly the slapstick scenes that made me laugh out loud, I guess it really brought out the child in me, helped by a cast of schoolchildren.Speaking of kids, when you watch a film like this then the hope for them to &quot;be on their best behaviour&quot; is reason enough for them to not&nbsp;&nbsp; fulfil that hope.In this particular case that bad behaviour will jeopardise the headmaster&#039;s transfer to another school, and I didn&#039;t quite understand this part.I paused the film, looked it up on wiki and read that the students actually like Mr. Wakefield, and they don&#039;t want him to leave.Ah, leave it to me to feel confused about the plot of a slapstick movie.On the other hand, that motive was explained and very emphasised at the end of the story, so maybe I wasn&#039;t supposed to know? (there may still be hope for me).Because of the Billie Turf/Billy Bunter legacy I simply expected every headmaster to be hated.A blossoming romance is always the easiest fantasy to buy into, and it even works in a Carry On story.There&#039;s also a happy ending for Ms. Allcock and child psychiatrist Alistair Grigg, with the promise that their children won&#039;t avoid physical punishment in case they misbehave. There&#039;s something disturbing about that optimistic note, but eventually the discussion is going to end with exasperated parents saying &quot;so now I&#039;m supposed to discuss the misbehaviour with my child??&quot;I have experienced a few correctional slaps and it was always more than justified.There was also an evil female teacher who hated me and she used to pull my ear and this actually happened quite often.She had a ring with a big stone on it and she used that to knock on another boy&#039;s head. I remember it vividly and I feared his head was going to crack.And that&#039;s not cool.Anyway, a few more Carry Ons added to the watchlist although I&#039;m sure there will be a few duds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 434788, member: 8"] Carry On Teacher (1959) [ATTACH type="full"]58194[/ATTACH] Never thought I'd watch my first Carry On on netflix, and I also discovered that they stream lots of British classics including the Studiocanal/Vintage Series of which I have several on DVD. It goes without saying that these films don't show up in the standard browser mode, you have to look for it. Now I can't remember why I thought these films would be inaccessibly British, or why that idea would enter my mind to begin with. The first giggle happened with the introduction of Ms. Allcock., but apart from that and some double entendre here and there it's almost sleaze-free. I was surprised that it was mostly the slapstick scenes that made me laugh out loud, I guess it really brought out the child in me, helped by a cast of schoolchildren. Speaking of kids, when you watch a film like this then the hope for them to "be on their best behaviour" is reason enough for them to [I]not[/I] fulfil that hope. In this particular case that bad behaviour will jeopardise the headmaster's transfer to another school, and I didn't quite understand this part. I paused the film, looked it up on wiki and read that the students actually like Mr. Wakefield, and they don't want him to leave. Ah, leave it to me to feel confused about the plot of a slapstick movie. On the other hand, that motive was explained and very emphasised at the end of the story, so maybe I wasn't supposed to know? [SIZE=3](there may still be hope for me)[/SIZE]. Because of the Billie Turf/Billy Bunter legacy I simply expected every headmaster to be hated. A blossoming romance is always the easiest fantasy to buy into, and it even works in a Carry On story. There's also a happy ending for Ms. Allcock and child psychiatrist Alistair Grigg, with the promise that their children won't avoid physical punishment in case they misbehave. There's something disturbing about that optimistic note, but eventually the discussion is going to end with exasperated parents saying "so now I'm supposed to discuss the misbehaviour with my child??" I have experienced a few correctional slaps and it was always more than justified. There was also an evil female teacher who hated me and she used to pull my ear and this actually happened quite often. She had a ring with a big stone on it and she used that to knock on another boy's head. I remember it vividly and I feared his head was going to crack. And that's not cool. Anyway, a few more Carry Ons added to the watchlist although I'm sure there will be a few duds. [/QUOTE]

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