This romanticisation of Scotland has been going on since Sir Walter Scott, it’s not a new phenomenon. It’s actually fairly apposite that the castle was paid for by the proceeds of empire because Scotland was an enthusiastic participant in the empire with much of Edinburgh and Glasgow being financed by the proceeds of “sugar” (read: the triangular slave trade route).
Unfortunately my fellow Scots can sometimes have a hard time grappling with our historical participation in empire and have a tendency to whitewash it. One of the reasons we had the unification of parliaments was that Scotland bankrupted itself by putting all of its money into an overseas colony which ultimately failed. Hard to see participation in empire as an English corruption if we were already trying to establish our own empire.
Codpiece@feddit.uk 5 days ago
If I wanted to watch something for an accurate historical representation of Scotland, I wouldn’t ever have even thought of putting The Traitors anywhere near the top of the list.
I’d rewatch Trainspotting.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 days ago
Or Neds. Cracking movie.
Codpiece@feddit.uk 5 days ago
“ Encompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug.”
Sounds like a right laugh a minute, but I’m going to watch it. Thanks for the recommendation.
steeznson@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The legacy sequel, bafflingly titled T2 Trainspotting, is a decent commentary on the nature of sequels and being middle aged. There’s also more of actual Edinburgh in in; original movie was primarily filmed in Glasgow.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
That’s because the book is called Porno