by Martin Chomsky
Writer, Dandelion Salad
December 14, 2014
In this season of rampant consumerism, let us spare a thought for the poor, bedraggled working classes. Especially those who can see Christmas for the kaleidoscope of greed and avarice it really is.
So, jog on all you squillionaire celebrities in your Santa hats and ludicrous jumpers: this is our tale. Continue reading
Updated: Sept. 15, 2017
George Moore Films on May 28, 2014
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This film was shot mostly in four days, on zero-budget, by (at the time) 16 year old director George Moore.
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by Martin Chomsky
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 20, 2013
It was said in the wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death that, although she never understood art, she certainly inspired plenty of it.
Or, at least, so did her policies.
And so it is with my latest project, a kids’ comic book version of Robert Tressell’s ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’. [See video below.]
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Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the inequity and iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters.
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