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Moral of 'Face of the Tiger' seemed bizarre...

posted 15 years ago by yojimboy
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I found it hard to believe how this conflict was depicted. All of the surviors were shown as apologetic that Hubert thoughtlessly warned John that Alistair was a known child murderer and he might want to be cautious of him. The main characters allow the children to run about with no supervision while this child murderer they just met (who wasn't being honest with them about his past until Hubert found out the truth) also wanders about at will. The moral seems to be that everyone is unreasonable to have reservations about this new guy who killed a little girl because she was scared when she looked at him (guess her reaction was unreasonable, all he wanted to do was murder her a little bit). Let the kids run about willy nilly and for god's sake don't tell them to be careful around this guy. That wouldn't be polite. The script practically portrays Alistair as a saintly martyr.

[–] anonreviewer 15 years ago

back in those times before the mass immigration invasion, britain was more integrated and had more of a community feeling. When you have that sense of togetherness, the populace is more trusting and open, at least that is the case for western european cultures.

[–] yojimboy 15 years ago

I'll take a curry over a black pudding any day.

[–] Hungerhill 15 years ago

Any parent, and I guess a lot of the Survivors were, would not let this man anywhere near kids whatever his motives for child murder.

[–] g-of-warks2-1 9 years ago

Ah! Although I have seen one or two episodes on Youtube, I have not actually seen this one. I do remember it when it was on in the seventies though. When I was watching it I remember thinking he murdered a young girl, who would have been about my age (I was at junior school at the time), and everyone is feeling sorry for him?! What is going on? Surely that is wrong? I assumed that because I was a kid I had missed some point that only adults could pick up on. Seems that I was right after all though!