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I went to see Wicked Little Letters yesterday. It was a mildly amusing piece set in the 1920s, but the story was very 'thin'. A meddlesome spinster with too much time, judging all and sundry, while sending poison pen letters containing 'shocking' language. What really bothered me most was the blatant rewriting of history. One of the main characters was an Asian female police officer who went rogue by sleuthing in her own time. In fact, Karpal Kaur Sandhu was the first Asian female officer in the Uk, and she joined The Met in 1971. They also wrote in a token black Judge, a token black officer, and a token black boyfriend for the boisterous Irish hussy initially accused of writing the letters. But 100 years ago, the social landscape was very different in respect of class, race, and gender. We have seen what happens when history is rewritten ....remember the holocaust deniers and the canonisation of George Floyd that led to the demonising of Edward Colston....who's slaving history took place in a time when such repugnant practises were legal? While modern-day slavery thrives unabated all over the world and is an issue far more pressing and worthy of scrutiny. The film was a bit of Ealing Comedy-esque fluff. Even the somewhat stellar cast was unable to raise it, and the historical whitewash was as glaring as the cinematically murky lighting was dim. ....as for the language, shocking it may have been, but it is nothing like the common parlance that l hear every day, coming out of the mouths of babes and innocents.