"One for a bath"
When Alex is being stripped and searched in prison, the prison officer directs Alex to go for a bath. But then as he is walking away three other men say "one for a bath" in camp, camper and campest of voices. Why is that?
shareIt was the 70s,the decade of Are You Being Served and the double Entendre was king (or queen).
shareI was born in 1990. Don't understand that comment at all mate.
shareJust do an internet search for "Are You Being Served" and "double-entendre". I'm glad you didn't say "before my time", I hate that phrase! I was born in the '70s, but don't remember it, though remember stuff like this continued up to the early '90s. Back then, campness was outwardly mocked and exaggerated voices were put on in a mocking way, whereas nowadays, it's considered un-PC to mimic, yet we're all thinking the same thing when we hear one, e.g. Alan Carr!
It's probably almost as bad as doing certain accents which can be regarded as racist. It's all a bit of a mix up these days though, anyone can put on a Liverpudlian accent and get away with it, yet a white person especially can't get away with doing an Indian accent.
This film was made in 1971. Are you being served started a year later. Still doesn't answer the question mate.
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