I intend to write about a discussion of the ‘truth’ of the portrayal of 1980′s Britain, The Miner’s Strike and Margaret Thatcher, as portrayed through the movie and the Broadway play of Billy Elliot. I grew up in that era, and come from a working class family which supported the Labour philosophies, brought up in a strong antiThatcherite household.
Reviewing the literature and the newspaper articles from an adult perspective, the messages that are portrayed in the play are in contrast with some interpretations of Thatcher’s handling of the miner’s strike, and the social commentary that the play provides. I’m out to seek the truth!
