
I think what still attracts viewers to
James Bond after all these years is how England is presented. The secret
services are shown as slick, glamorous and unstoppable. Bond is an idealised
version of the sophisticated English gentleman. Everyone likes to pretend that this
is what English is like, rather than the reality of fish and chip takeaways and
council estates… I think that with the
exception of Americans (who probably do believe that this version of England is accurate) viewers enjoy watching a
film where this idea of England
is a reality.
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