Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26-11-2019: Anarchy in the UK

26th November, 2019.

Right … 

It’s the 26th November, 2019.

And if, like me, you are in the UK?

You have until 11:59, tonight, to register to vote.

I believe you can do that at your local town hall.

But know that you can do it online, here … 

There IS a certain amount of irony, there.

A post that mentions Anarchy in the UK … is telling people to do something … 

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Are you a film fan?

I am: or, at least, I like watching them.

And couldn’t help but notice the reports around the recently released Blue Story.

Especially ones blaming trouble at one multiplex, on the film.   One cinema chain has reinstated it, I should add: after dropping it.

I’ve one question, for starters.

In that original incident?   What the bloody hell were the site’s security doing?   How the hell did they drop the ball so damn far, several police officers were injured?

A second?

From what I can see, the kids who caused the problems were in the thirteen to fifteen age range.

How on Earth did a bunch of thirteen year olds get into see a film with a Fifteen rating?   What were the staff doing?

I think the blame lies with the staff, not the film!

I’m also tempted to think we’re looking at a potential — and unwarranted — media frenzy.

One similar to that which occurred after A Clockwork Orange was released in the UK.

Similar to the frenzy surrounding First Blood, in the wake of the Hungerford Massacre.

Similar to the frenzy around Child’s Play 3, after the murder of James Bulger.

In all of those cases?   I’m tempted to blame, not the movies, but the criminals.

The films — at most — may have suggested how to commit the crime, rather than encourage the killers.

But, from what I can see of the relevant Wikipedia articles?   There’s no evidence the killers saw the movies concerned.

Just as — from what I’ve understood of the news reports — the children involved in the gang fight …were too young to get in to see Blue Story.

My question is NOT Why is this film out.

My question is What were the staff doing … ?

Because they weren’t doing their jobs.

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) The Sex Pistols debut single was released on 26th November.   Of which year?

Q2) By which label: Virgin, EMI or Stiff?

Q3) The single was Anarchy in the UK.   UK stands for United … what?

Q4) Anarchy in the UK was the single’s A-side.   What was the B-side?

Q5) The song was the band’s first single.   What Pistols album did it originally feature on?

Q6) The song was the band’s first single.   What was their second?

Q7) At one stage?   John Lydon sings “I use the NME”.   The ‘NME’ is which music magazine?

Q8) The song mentions the MPLA: an independence movement in which African nation?

Q9) Name any one of the band members who recorded the song.   (Sid Vicious was not one of them: he joined the Pistols later.)

Q10) Finally … ?   What was the song’s highest UK chart position, in the year it was released?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) Shelagh Fraser was born on 25th November, 1920.   In which film does she play Beru Lars?

A1) Star Wars.

Q2) Suriname gained its independence from the Netherlands: on 25th November, 1975.   What’s Suriname’s capital city?

A2) Paramaribo.

Q3) 25th November, 1992 saw the Assembly of Czechoslovakia vote to split Czechoslovakia into two countries.   Name either successor state.

A3) The Czech Republic or Slovakia.

Q4) Which US political party was founded on 25th November, 1874?

A4) The Greenback Party: they were also known as the Independent Party, the National Independent Party, and the Greenback Labor Party.

Q5) Finally … ?   25th November, 1562, saw the birth of which Spanish writer?

A5) Lope Félix de Vega y Carpio: also know as recurring El Ministerio del Tiempo character, and the Monster of Nature, Lope de Vega.

Here’s a thought …

“Right.   Now.   I am an Antichrist, I am an anarchist!”

Opening lines of Anarchy in the UK.

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        I have to admit, I couldn’t couldn’t resist the question when I saw who’s birthday it was, Olga.   I’ll have to look those up works of his, too!   As for hairdressers?   What are the odds someone will do a robot hairdresser horror film?   Pretty good, I think: there’s a horror version of The Banana Splits doing the rounds!

†      Nice to know there’s something, Debbi.   Cheers for the comment on the Zero Theorem! Oh, JUST as a question?   How are you with obscure British punk bands … ?