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''We're all very aware of what you are'' :Lack of empathy in 'Grouty' from Porridge- a cold and callous world.

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A brief analysis of a short scene from the film version of the t.v series Porridge, which i thought was quite clever and showed a high level of thought from the production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xOldHAIXXo&fbclid=IwAR3DJ9SM33wToJWIhgeyAgXna7ja5EoSd3XNircOHBlhHauyyiuqAkeBhxs Peter Vaugn, you might remember him from GoT, but he had a long career before that, and was extremely talented (watch him on Our Friends In The North) . In the British t.v series Porridge he plays  Harry 'Grouty' Grout a  psychopathic gang leader with enormous pull in the prison. When he leans on lifelong criminal Fletch to hustle him in some passports apropos a prison break, its an interesting insight in to an actors take on a character. Grouty has n o time for positive emotions, he rips open the envelope like he's carving up a victim, and the letter he discards might contain a sentiment but he dismisses such humanity. Is the Sandra referred to his lover ( who else would be trusted...