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Boys from the Blackstuff
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A British Kitchen Sink Drama/Black Comedy written by Alan Bleasdale and shown on BBC as part of the Play for Today anthology. It originated with a 1978 television play, The Black Stuff (though it wasn't actually broadcast until 1980), and was followed by five episodes of Boys from the Blackstuff in 1982.Mostly set in Liverpool, the series focused on a group of unemployed tarmac layers (tarmac being "the black stuff") as they struggle to support their families during a depression whilst avoiding the attention of benefit fraud officers. The show is often seen as a critique of the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government and their consequences for ordinary people.note Though in fact Bleasdale had written most of the series before Thatcher became Prime Minister.The ensemble includes: Chrissie (Michael Angelis) and his wife Angie (played by Julie Walters in an early role); Chrissie's friend Loggo (Alan Igbon); Dixie (Tom Georgeson) and his son Kevin (Gary Bleasdale); George (Peter Kerrigan); and Jimmy "Yosser" Hughes (Bernard Hill). Each episode focused on one of the main characters. The most famous story/character was undoubtedly Yosser, whose mental health disintegrates under the strain of having no work and no money and ultimately loses everything. His oft-repeated remarks "gis a job" ("give us [me] a job") and "I can do that" entered the popular lexicon in Britain. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Footballers Graeme Souness and Sammy Lee (both of whom played for Liverpool FC), appear in Yosser's Story. | |
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Use Your Head | |
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Use Your Head: Yosser does this a lot. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: At the end of The Black Stuff, they all lose their jobs and get scammed by the Irishmen. At the end of Jobs for the Boys, Snowy Malone gets killed. George dies in George's Last Ride. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: The Black Stuff is Lighter and Softer compared with Boys From the Blackstuff, they all still have jobs, and Yosser is not as unhinged as he became later. | |
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British Brevity | |
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British Brevity: There were only six episodes in total. | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
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Driven to Suicide: After losing everything, Yosser tries to drown himself in a lake. He doesn't succeed though. | |
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Mugging the Monster | |
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Mugging the Monster: Shake Hands makes a big mistake when he invites Yosser to shake hands. | |
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Police Brutality | |
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Police Brutality: Yosser gets a beating from four police officers. | |
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Humiliation Conga | |
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Humiliation Conga: Yosser progressively loses his job, his wife, his children and his house. | |
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Confessional | |
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Confessional: A despondent Yosser visits a priest looking for help, resulting in this exchange in the confessional box: | |
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Screen-to-Stage Adaptation | |
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Screen-to-Stage Adaptation: A stage version was announced in 2022. | |
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Oop North | |
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Oop North: The setting, specifically Liverpool. A lot of the original play is set in Middlesbrough. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: This is the general reaction whenever Yosser shows up. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: There's a lot of this: | |
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Accidental Misnaming | |
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Accidental Misnaming: Malloy keeps getting Chrissie's name wrong. The priest at George's funeral refers to George as Patrick. | |
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Not Actually His Child | |
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Not Actually His Child: Yosser's estranged wife reckons none of their children are actually his, nothing that they all have blonde hair while she and Yosser have dark hair. The real father might be a German sailor ("he was blonde"). | |
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Alliterative Name | |
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Alliterative Name: Dixie Dean. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: Yosser claims that he and Graeme Souness look like Magnum. | |
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Rotating Protagonist | |
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Rotating Protagonist: Most episodes focus on one particular character, to the point where the rest of the ensemble cast are either reduced to extras or absent altogether. | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After the men at the pub decide to throw an annoying patron through the window, the landlord pours himself a scotch and walks out. | |
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Crushing Handshake | |
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Crushing Handshake: Shake Hands likes to deliver these, hence the nickname. Things don't go as well when he invites Yosser to shake hands though. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: "Gizza job", "I can do that" (Yosser). "Shake hands" (Shake Hands) | |
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