Trending
New 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Trailer
'The Watchers' Trailer
'Trap' Trailer
'Transformers One' Trailer

Dont Be Like Brenda

Movie
Audience Score
42
Dont Be Like Brenda
NR 8 minDocumentary, DramaThe Joy of Sex Education PosterPart of The Joy of Sex Education
The brutally entitled Dont Be Like Brenda 1973 is an eightminute lecture to young women telling them not to be sexually promiscuous like the films hapless heroine although heaven knows the promiscuity hinted at here is tragically modest Poor Brenda goes all the way with a boy who does not marry her The film is stunningly without any useful educational content on contraception and makes it entirely clear that the woman not the man is to blame The film even makes her poor unwanted child suffer from a heart defect so that no one wants to adopt the poor little thing just to hammer the point home from httpwwwtheguardiancomfilmfilmblog2009feb11sexeducationfilms
StarringMichael GoodliffeDeborah GrantRichard Morant
DirectorW. Hugh Baddeley
WriterW. Hugh Baddeley

The Joy of Sex Education

A survey of sex education through the ages. Many of the early films highlight Britain's horror at the very thought of sex and sexuality. Euphemisms abound and, if you can get away with making your point with the aid of a few birds or rabbits, why not? Even some mildly amorous pollen gets in on the act as a stand-in for something otherwise far too unpleasant to show. At least it saved the teachers' blushes. Despite the often unintentional humour, the films provide a vivid snapshot of the nation's concerns and anxieties across the decades. Not only did they teach us to keep our trousers firmly zipped, but also managed to underline the establishment's attitude towards women. Loose of morals and self-control, women are invariably portrayed as the spreaders of disease and responsible for just about every 'misfortune' that comes their way.

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Hugh Baddeley Productions
Movie Tags:educational, adoption