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    This Is England is the story of a group of British teenagers in 1983. The story centres on twelve-year-old Shaun, an isolated boy growing up in a grim coastal town, whose father has died fighting in the Falklands War. Over the course of the story, he finds male role models when the local skinhead scene takes him in.

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    This Is England is the story of a group of British teenagers in 1983. The story centres on twelve-year-old Shaun, an isolated boy growing up in a grim coastal town, whose father has died fighting in the Falklands War. Over the course of the story, he finds male role models when the local skinhead scene takes him in.

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    This Is England is the story of a group of British teenagers in 1983. The story centres on twelve-year-old Shaun, an isolated boy growing up in a grim coastal town, whose father has died fighting in the Falklands War. Over the course of the story, he finds male role models when the local skinhead scene takes him in.

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    Divide of the skinhead

    culture in Britain
    Based on Shane Meadows’ This is England
    This is England – Is
    it?

    • 12 year-old Shaun, living in a coastal


    town
    • His father died in the Falklands War
    • Bullied in school
    • Joins local skinhead group
    Woody’s gang
    • Mixed group, internal conflicts
    • More lighthearted
    • No politics present, „apolitical”
    Combo returns

    • Combo released from prison


    • Represents right-wing, racist
    views
    • Violent tendencies
    • Divides the group
    Shaun’s turning point
    • In the finale Combo turns violent
    • Beats up Milky and the others
    • Shaun witnesses all of this
    • Leaves the gang behind
    Brief history of
    skinheads

    • Started in late 1960s


    • Focused on music and fashion
    • Influenced by West Indian culture
    • Declined in 1970s, returned in
    1980s
    • Politics started to influence skins
    • Group split in two
    Right-wing influence

    • Right-wing views spread by


    parties ex.: National Front
    • Black roots of the culture
    dismissed
    • Blaming other ethnic groups for
    everything
    • Often mixed up with football
    hooliganism
    Director’s experience
    • Most of Shane Meadows’ works are
    based on his life
    • Grew up in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
    • Captures the climate of Thatcher’s
    Britain
    Sources
    • Brown, T. S. (2004). Subcultures, Pop Music and Politics: Skinheads and “Nazi Rock”
    in England and Germany. Journal of Social History, 38(1), 157–178.
    • Fradley, Martin, Sarah Godfrey, and Melanie Williams, eds. Shane Meadows: Critical
    Essays. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. Accessed May 5, 2021.

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