The Problematic Gaze

• 'Charlie's Angels' US Crime Drama from 1976. Are Sisters Doing It For Themselves?

  Greetings from PG Towers! Join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV Producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear.  This week, we step back to into the world of high glam, high fashion and crime busting women with an episode of hit US crime drama 'Charlie's Angels' from 1976. What can these plucky females tell us about the representation of women on the television in the mid seventies? Feminist statement or yet more female exploitation? All is discussed. And just what is Dave's beef with Dr Lee concerning Double Deckers? Click here to watch on YouTube our chosen episode of 'Charlie's Angels'Click here to follow us on all our socialsPlease leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. They really help to spread the word of The Problematic Gaze.   And if our fellow Gazers want to comment on what they've heard in our episodes, or to suggest future topics, please email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you!Gazer Homework: In our next episode we focus on the British gameshow featuring the royal family, It's A Royal Knockout from 1987. Click here to watch on YouTube 

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• 'The Young Ones' UK Sitcom from 1984. Punks, Puke and University Challenge

  Greetings from PG Towers! Join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV Producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear.  This week, we step back into the world of the grotty student flatshare with an episode of the anarchic cult sitcom 'The Young Ones' from 1984.Click here to watch our chosen episode of 'The Young Ones' from 1984.Click here to follow us on all our socialsPlease leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. They really help to spread the word of The Problematic Gaze. And if our fellow Gazers want to comment on what they've heard in our episodes, or to suggest future topics, please email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you!Gazer Homework: In our next episode we focus on the US drama 'Charlies Angels' from 1976. Click here to watch on YouTube

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• 'Sex And The City' from 2000. Staten Island, Firemen and Fairytales!

  Greetings from PG Towers! Join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV Producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear.  This week, as we attempt to record ourselves for YouTube (watch this space!) we cast out Gaze back to the year 2000 and join spirit animals Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha for a dissecting of the international smash hit comedy series Sex And The City. What can this show teach us about the advance (or demise) of female sexual emancipation in the 21st Century? Do the sexual and romantic antics of our heroines hold up in 2025? Pour yourself a cosmopolitan, kick off your Manolos and listen to how this show changed the TV landscape.We watched Season 3 Episode 1 of Sex And The City entitled 'Where There's Smoke'Click here to follow us on all our socialsPlease leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. They really help to spread the word of The Problematic Gaze. And if our fellow Gazers want to comment on what they've heard in our episodes, or to suggest future topics, please email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you!Gazer Homework: In our next episode we focus on the UK sitcom 'The Young Ones' from 1984. Click here to watch on YouTube

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• 'Top Gun' Action Movie Blockbuster from 1986. Tom Cruise, Showers and 80's Power Ballads!

  Greetings from PG Towers! Join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV Producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear.  This week, as the UK swelters in a heatwave, we turn up the heat and cast our gaze on 80's blockbuster action film Top Gun. There's aerial dogfights, a plucky but tortured hero, shiny Hollywood masculinity, power ballads and THAT volleyball scene. If we weren't already hot under the collar we discuss those famous shower scenes. Click here to follow us on all our socialsPlease leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. They really help to spread the word of The Problematic Gaze. And if our fellow Gazers want to comment on what they've heard in our episodes, or to suggest future topics, please email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you!Gazer Homework: In our next episode we focus on Sex And The City. Season 3 Episode 1 'Where There's Smoke...'

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• 'Cabaret' Film Musical from 1972 PRIDE MONTH SPECIAL

  PRIDE MONTH SPECIAL Greetings from PG Towers! Join social historian Dr Lee Arnott and TV Producer Dave Moor for a lighthearted look at the world of TV,  Film and Popular Culture from yesteryear.  Continuing our Pride Month special curation, we watch the celebrated, Academy Award winning film musical Cabaret. Starring Liza Minelli and Michael York and Joel Grey, the film celebrates the decadence of early 1930's Berlin, in all its LGBTQIA+ glory, amidst a backdrop of looming fascism. The film is ever more prescient, given the current political climate in Europe and the USA.Click here to watch the classic musical film 'Cabaret' from 1972.Click here to follow us on all our socialsPlease leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts. They really help to spread the word of The Problematic Gaze. And if our fellow Gazers want to comment on what they've heard in our episodes, or to suggest future topics, please email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you!Gazer Homework: In our next episode we focus on Top Gun, the US film from 1986.

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