Friday 20 June 2014

Kitchen sink realism

Kitchen sink realism or kitchen sink drama is a term that was created to describe a British cultural movement grew in the in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Art, Theatre, Novels, Film, Television play, kitchen sink dramas where made popular by the angry young men and have developed over time to be popular television shows today such as coronation street and EastEnders. Kitchen sink dramas used a social realism style witch meant they usually included domestic situations of working class British people, kitchen sink dramas typically consisted of working class British people living in cramped rented accommodation and in their free time drinking in grimy pubs to explore social issues and political controversies. Kitchen sink dramas commonly set in poorer industrial areas in the north of England and use “Roughhewn” accents and slang, “Look back in anger” is a kitchen sink drama.

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  1. How were these Kitchen Sink dramas different to the kind of theatre that was popular at the time?

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