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My essay is about Alan Bleasdale's two plays "Jobs For The Boys" and "Yossers Story" from the series "Boys From The Black Stuff".
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My essay is about Alan Bleasdale's two plays "Jobs For The Boys" and "Yossers Story" from the series "Boys From The Black Stuff". Bleasdale wrote these plays to show how serious unemployment really is. He tries to show that it is stupid that someone is employed to find out if there is anyone employed illegally. In the early 1980's there were some parts of Liverpool, his home city, which had 50% unemployment and he was very concerned by this. My essay will involve two characters being analysed, the humour used in both plays and the filming of the B.B.C. production. I will start by analysing Chrissie. Chrissie uses humour and sarcasm because it helps him through the pain of being unemployed. He uses the sarcasm as a cover, or a shield, to hide the pain. The first time we see his sarcasm is when he is in the DOE office and is...
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