Article Posted April 2007 by Jane Morgan
Jane Morgan is a Lecturer in Media and Literary Studies at Thames Metropolitan University, teaching on Postmodernism and Semiotics Modules. She is a regular contributor to ASPMAI, and is currently writing her first novel.
The following is a summary of an article I originally wrote for 'Analysis and Interpretation' at http://analysisandinterpretation.blogspot.com/
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Morecambe and Wise are one of the best known of all British Comedic Double acts of the 20th Century. Recent radical re-interpretations of their work has viewed their on-screen banter as a ‘jocular homo-erotic manifestation of something much deeper”
The evidence for this appears to come from several sources:
* Their on-screen banter
* The 60's record "Bum, oooh, Ya Ta Ta Ta"
* The "two old men" joke
* The "living together" scenes in their shows
* The "stripper" sketch
On the Analysis and Interpretation web-pages (link given above), is a much more detailed article which provides the academic background for theory. Read the blog and decide.
Click on this direct link to go to the Analysis & Interpretation website.
Jane
