The Outside View
HE most striking feature of the BBC documentary programmes is their willingness to see the British from the other side, and this through-the-looking-glass view of ourselves is far more illuminating than mere jingoistic selfapprobation could possibly be. Thus the programme on Korea, produced by Peter Duval Smith from René Cutworth’s book, Korean Reporter, gave us few grounds for complacency as the saviours of Korea and/or the world. The 38th Parallel was, like Window on Czechoslovakia, Journey Through Greece, and other programmes of that nature, beautifully produced, with vivid minor portraits and excellent background. The interwoven tragedies which made up the story are not easily dismissed from the mind-the victim of our napalm bombs, and the bitterness of the Korean Catholic priest, who said: "Your soldiers have not endeared themselves to us. We do not like you." The sad shuffle of the homeless refugees without destination gave added point to Cutworth’s closing comment on "the strikingly underprivileged lot of the Korean in this war." While the BBC continues to produce such programmes which attempt to ‘see ourselves as others see us, there is at least some hope for improvement.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 10
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191The Outside View New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 10
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