"COLONEL BLIMP"
Sir,-May I further develop "G.M.’s" remarks on the relationship between Colonel Blimp and his German friend? Surely the particular characteristic which Blimpishness and old-fashioned Junkerdom (presented by Walbrook as the one righteous man in the city of Sodom) have in common they also share with the Diplodocus-to wit, being out of date. But Blimp, representative of the comparatively harmless British semi-military semi-aristocracy, can find common ground with the younger generation; while the character played by Walbrook, representative of Junkerdom, is left unable to stomach the ideas of a younger generation for which the militarism of his own class is entirely responsible. Furthermore, Blimp is supposed to be typical, but the scene in the prisoners’ camp (1918) definitely infers that the Junkers as a class are incapable of anything but war-making, and Walbrook an exception- incidentally, I’m not sure he wasn’t redeemed by his experience of English benevolence! This was a very complex and rather disunited film, but the above points seem to me clear.
J. G. A.
POCOCK
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 301, 29 March 1945, Page 5
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