DLaurent
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I think you could make the same arguments for film/art/literature, unless talking film noir of course that's pure grittiness from the golden era of crime stories. A lot uninitiated think it's black and white so it must be all about cut glass accents having only seen a few British films!
In all seriousness I have struggled with class before on a personal level, I went to a grammar school in an area listed on wiki as in the top ten most deprived in the UK. In reality it was just another area of Birmingham. I think it mattered less 20 or 30 years ago pre internet unless you get into the realms of criticism, and not lived experience. I've been to London and everywhere seemed middle class.
In all seriousness I have struggled with class before on a personal level, I went to a grammar school in an area listed on wiki as in the top ten most deprived in the UK. In reality it was just another area of Birmingham. I think it mattered less 20 or 30 years ago pre internet unless you get into the realms of criticism, and not lived experience. I've been to London and everywhere seemed middle class.