Morrissey Central "I’VE CHANGED MY PLEA TO GUILTY" (October 7, 2024)

There's something perfectly apt about Oscar Wilde - the 'Lord of language', the epitome of self-expression - responding to the judge's damning verdict, as Oscar was taken away to the cells, with the haunting words: "And I, my Lord? May I say nothing?"

If ever there was an instance of art being gleefully crushed by the cold heart of law-makers, then that was it. One of the most important, telling, and unforgettable moments in the history of Literature.
 
If ever there was an instance of art being gleefully crushed by the cold heart of law-makers, then that was it.

Don't forget how 'unjust' it was for all that encapsulated The Smiths to be dragged through court :rolleyes:

'That man cost me £1.4 million' or whatever. Could have saved a lot of money, time, energy and a collossal emotional air raid by just paying up sooner like Marr did.

Instead, the legal eagles had to wage war - and of course the outcome and the judge were distinctly unpopular, forever.

Chapter one again
Here I go again
 
Re: the court case ~

I thought that none of the main parties were 'reliable', regarding their testimonies. And that the judge was too outspoken in his summing-up, at least.
 
Re: the court case ~

I thought that none of the main parties were 'reliable', regarding their testimonies. And that the judge was too outspoken in his summing-up, at least.

All very unnecessary and sad, particularly when we're talking about something so beautiful... creative.... artistic.

Events that are now... perpetually damning.

Looking up at the sign
It said "Please Keep Away"
And so in I ran

How could I ever win ?
 
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Re: the court case ~

I thought that none of the main parties were 'reliable', regarding their testimonies. And that the judge was too outspoken in his summing-up, at least.
Which court case? There were 3. The libel case, which Wilde dropped as it was clear that Queensberry could rely on the defence of veracity. The trial for gross indecency, which ended in a hung jury, no pun intended. And the re-trial, which ended in Wilde's conviction.
The witnesses were certainly a series of young, working class rent boys. But that there was some truth in their evidence I don't think is in doubt. What was most shocking at the time, of course, was that Wilde was a 'gentleman', but had consorted with riff raff from the 'lower orders'.
 
The compilation from Wilde works very well. I have a quibble though. Why did you cut away when Robbie Ross doffs his hat at Oscar as he is taken away to prison? That is a key moment from that scene in the movie, and really captures the pathos of Wilde's fall. You should have kept that bit in. Other than that though, it combines very well with the song.

 
There's something perfectly apt about Oscar Wilde - the 'Lord of language', the epitome of self-expression - responding to the judge's damning verdict, as Oscar was taken away to the cells, with the haunting words: "And I, my Lord? May I say nothing?"

If ever there was an instance of art being gleefully crushed by the cold heart of law-makers, then that was it. One of the most important, telling, and unforgettable moments in the history of Literature.
 
He actually gave up that particular practise years before the trials.
It is interesting to speculate what would happen to Wilde if he were alive in 2024. In many ways society is much more censorious about sex than it was in the 1890s. What happened to Kevin Spacey's career is an interesting parallel.

 
I imagine we'll get posts for one of these fan made music videos for every song Morrissey ever recorded before we see a release date BOT
 

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