Watched 'Hustle' last night, for the first time in a long while. A good retro 70s title sequence, then straight into an entertaining but pop videoish reminder of why I took a dislike to it when it was first on.
"You can't con an honest man" - they didn't say this last night but I remember the philosophy being espoused in episode 1. I'm still not sure if it's correct. What you can do with an honest man, as they showed in episode 1 and last night and on many occasions in between, is steal from one. The philosophy of this show is that every honest citizen carries a small amount of disposable wealth around with them, which is fair game for these parasites who can' t be arsed to get a proper job and who need it to keep them in the sybaritic lifestyle to which they feel entitled because they are Cule.
During the show's first season I was about this > < far from personal bankruptcy and even the loss of a tenner from a cashpoint would have been drastic. And that's why I don't watch it.
So why watch it last night? Well, the Boy did a 24 hour fast and was about 14 hours into it at the time, and he needed something to keep his mind off the hunger. So we watched the show, and then he went to bed and slept the rest of it off. No one made him do it, it was sponsored for some charity or other and we're all very proud of him. We even showed a modicum of support by having only rolls and bouillon for dinner ourselves.
The characters of 'Hustle' are able to make small sacrifices for a long term gain of several thousand unearned quid. Somehow it's much more impressive to go without and stay without, your only reward being the faith that complete strangers who you will never meet in this life may be benefiting.
And tonight we dine well.
What a lovely post. I watched Hustle as well, but I was more interested in pointing out to Miles (who was not remotely interested) how much 'work' the token woman must have had done to look like that, and how deeply uncomfortable it must be to have to do all that running about in those shoes.
ReplyDeleteI did a big fast once. Good for him. It's harder than it looks.