Jack Seale This documentary sets out to explore inequality but can't resist hitching this huge, complex issue to a pair of charismatic outliers whose circumstances are probably too unusual to offer insight into more universal systemic issues.
"So I felt it was the fate of one man and, in a certain way, the story of one generation, plus a meditation on time, history, fate and issues more universal than the specific history of Carlos".
Johnny, the desperate character who is attacked in a hallway in Land/Horses, was cheekily relocated to Manchester, but remains "in that same fucking hallway" – a thrilling way of suggesting that, 40 years on, the same issues are more universal.
In a time where his level of celebrity would have enabled him to play coy and embrace a more universal racial identity, he remained unapologetically Black and vocal about the issues plaguing our community.
And though we still have number of issues, war, economy, immigration, gay rights, etc., There's a more universal understanding of exactly what we need to do.
And it will be even less of an issue when CDMA and GSM are replaced by LTE, which will allow for more universal devices.
Universal issues are, apparently, not their concern.
I am deeply concerned with universal issues".
Their appeal, however, is more universal.
