I think a taste of Honey is available on DVD, and it features commentaries by
all the actors involved.
Like you I don't think Jeff would have abandoned Jo, and it would have been
great for a following play or film about what happened next as the film left
more questions then it answered.
I think to see the film at its best is to still see it on the big screen, there
are some brilliant landscape shots of Manchester and some really nostalgia
pieces featuring dance halls and 60s Blackpool.
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From: Laurel McKee
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Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Finally A Rita Tushingham Club] Digest Number 20



I have wondered the same thing. Jeff seemed to really like Jo and it didnt'
seem in his character to leave and not ever come back to her.
Yes, it is such a brilliant film, and being American, I am aware of how a
story like Delaney's would never have been made into a film in the US in the
early 60's. A film showing a white girl and black boy kissing or a pregnant
teen talking about how she didn't want to breast feed... those things would have
been censored and most likely only shown (if at all) in arthouse theatres in New
York and Los Angeles. This film, as far as I know, is not available on DVD and
the video has long been out of print in the US. My copy is very old and I paid
a lot for it!
I was a big big Smiths fan in the early 80s and knew all about this film due
to Morrissey's interviews and stealing from the dialog for song lyrics. I went
to Manchester in 1984 and 1986 only because I wanted to see the hometown of the
Smiths, (and a lot of other bands from that time).
Laurel, Seattle, WA
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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:19:38 -0000
From: "Jay"

Subject: taste of honey

Hi
I just saw "taste of Honey" again but this time on the big screen. Its a
brilliant social documentary and even now still leaves the same impact.
I wonder if Shelagh Delaney ever thought about writing a follow up to it,
about Jo and her baby a few years after, the problems having and being a
mix-raced child. It would have been good to see if Jeff entered her life again.


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