FM2005 – British Film and TV Assignment 2 Laura Todd Why has vulgar comedy been critically undervalued and what is its importance to British Film and TV? The British sex film has often been blamed for ‘a tidal wave of filth’ (McGillivray, p.15, 1992) within the British film industry, whilst simultaneously being one of the most lucrative genres the industry has ever known. Indeed, David McGillivray notes that the ‘most devastating downswing in British film production coincided with …showed first 75 words of 2204 total…

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