Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
310.443.7000
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A Taste of Honey
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Sunday Jan 27, 2008 (7pm)
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- Price
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$10
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In its day, the British New Wave depicted mid-century England's working class with an authentic blue-collar realism. For a supreme example of the style, catch Tony Richardson's adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's play, A Taste of Honey. (The Smiths were big admirers of the original.) Amidst granular shots of smokestacks and soiled streets, a 17-year-old girl named Jo is pregnant after an affair with a sailor. Ashamed of her daughter, the girl's mother leaves her. Jo strikes out on her own and finds a room, a job, and friendship in the care of her employer.
