This caused a television stir before it was even broadcast . Paedophillia/pedophiles is perhaps the most emotive topic possible as is the rights and wrongs of capital punishment so combining them with documentary drama featuring convicted pedophile pop star causes a prospective audience to sit up and take notice . Perhaps this was at the front of the producers minds when they commissioned THE EXECUTION OF GARY GLITTER . In other words it's a cynical marketing excersise for channel 4
I'll state my own views on the death penalty and that is against it because
1 ) If someone is found guilty of a capital crime and executed then it's a sentence that remains forever . The state has done something that can never be reversed
2 ) If someone is guilty then executing them can be an act of kindness . Think of people like Ian Brady and Ian Huntly who have attempted suicide wanting to end their misersable lives inside prison . Life imprisonment without parole is an effective sentence for very bad human beings
I'm not a bleeding heart liberal nor a fascist but if I was either then I'd still be disappointed in the views being put forward by the producers . Why Gary Glitter ? Aren't there enough paedos and child killers in Britian who would be first in the queue to be candidates for execution ? Glitter committed his crimes abroad so are there no pedophiles in the UK in this parallel world ?
In many ways the docudrama tries and fails to bring a black sense of humour to the bizarre proceedings . Journalist Miranda Sawyer states that " Gary Glitter was the king at my playground . All the under tens loved him " I was expecting at this point for someone to say " Gary's songs touched me as a child " or " Gary would make a great Doctor Who because his companion could be K-9 and Stacy who's also nine " It's that type of humour similar to THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL where Dr Josef Mengele suddenly finds himself in possession of a wicked and sarcastic sense of humour . In factit becomes surreal as Glitter finds himself toping the download charts as a crowd stands outside the prison gates chanting " COME ON COME ON COME ON HANG HIM "
I'll state my own views on the death penalty and that is against it because
1 ) If someone is found guilty of a capital crime and executed then it's a sentence that remains forever . The state has done something that can never be reversed
2 ) If someone is guilty then executing them can be an act of kindness . Think of people like Ian Brady and Ian Huntly who have attempted suicide wanting to end their misersable lives inside prison . Life imprisonment without parole is an effective sentence for very bad human beings
I'm not a bleeding heart liberal nor a fascist but if I was either then I'd still be disappointed in the views being put forward by the producers . Why Gary Glitter ? Aren't there enough paedos and child killers in Britian who would be first in the queue to be candidates for execution ? Glitter committed his crimes abroad so are there no pedophiles in the UK in this parallel world ?
In many ways the docudrama tries and fails to bring a black sense of humour to the bizarre proceedings . Journalist Miranda Sawyer states that " Gary Glitter was the king at my playground . All the under tens loved him " I was expecting at this point for someone to say " Gary's songs touched me as a child " or " Gary would make a great Doctor Who because his companion could be K-9 and Stacy who's also nine " It's that type of humour similar to THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL where Dr Josef Mengele suddenly finds himself in possession of a wicked and sarcastic sense of humour . In factit becomes surreal as Glitter finds himself toping the download charts as a crowd stands outside the prison gates chanting " COME ON COME ON COME ON HANG HIM "