Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Salad Days Revisited

First aired in November of 1972, Salad Days stands out as one of the most violent and senseless ever shown in any medium. For me it is just awesome. There is the dead sense about it that the sixties were over, their style having become openly provocative without any of the child like charm that really gets on my nerves. There is no interest in being charming, but it is god damn funny.

Of particular is their satire on Sam Peckinpah called Salad days, where a Edwardian picnic desends into an erotic blood bath. Classic. You don't see this one around so here it is:
    

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