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Some time ago the theatre put on a musical called 'London Road' which was based on the murders that sadly occurred in Ipswich in 2006. I did not go to the show, and thought at the time that it was rather tasteless to stage something about a series of events that had only happened relatively recently and which had a very damaging and traumatic effect on the community.
A film has now been made based on the musical, and the live premiere is to be beamed to cinemas nationwide on 9th June. It will then be on general release in some cinemas from 12th June.
What has irritated me this time however is the blurb accompanying the advertisement for the film. This has clearly written by some metropolitan luvvie who has never set foot in Suffolk, let alone Ipswich. He or she writes:-
'London Road documents the events that shook Suffolk in 2006, when the QUIET RURAL TOWN of Ipswich was shattered etc. etc.....'
Quiet rural town? I wonder what the writer would make of Stowmarket, or Sudbury, or a really quiet rural town. The ignorance of people living and working in the artistic bubble that is London about life in the rest of the UK never ceases to amaze me. Sadly this also applies to many of our politicians.
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