Is anything taboo anymore? Shelagh Delaney's play, A Taste of Honey, was challenging in terms of its subject matter when it was released in 1958. Its story is one of a sexually permissive mother who ignores the plight of a daughter who is made pregnant by a young black sailor who deserts her. Support in the situation comes from a gay man.
It's still a powerful play, one I'd watch were it to be shown at a theatre or on TV, but do its social challenges still exist?
Are mixed relationships or sexually permissive people taboo anymore? Are there any taboo subjects? Mixed marriages are commonplace now - does that mean taboos no longer exist?
Do you think there are still taboo subjects?
A radio producer once told me I could afford to be braver with my writing.
It was true and I took it on board.
Write bravely about a taboo.
It's still a powerful play, one I'd watch were it to be shown at a theatre or on TV, but do its social challenges still exist?
Are mixed relationships or sexually permissive people taboo anymore? Are there any taboo subjects? Mixed marriages are commonplace now - does that mean taboos no longer exist?
Do you think there are still taboo subjects?
A radio producer once told me I could afford to be braver with my writing.
It was true and I took it on board.
Write bravely about a taboo.
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