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This is a cartoon from the time before I got to know how to use Paint Shop Pro, because although there are full colour slides and there is a narrative, I am still using hand drawn speech bubbles. The story is in two parts, and portrays the inappropriateness and sheer brutality of the administration of injections in the old NHS asylums in the UK. Speak to someone who knows the time, and they may say:' Yes, I knew someone like that too.' This is also a take on the meaning of 'Doctor's orders'. What the doctor ordered, you would surely get. Even if by a Broadmoor-trained Teddy Boy.
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Andrew presents
An Andrew Production
Late 20th Century Scenesfrom the Asylums
at Hellingly in Sussexand Oakwood in Kent
Rudeboys 2 (Strange Days)
Part Two
‘The First Time’
…Following a 1-to-1 unwitnessed interview with the psychiatrist,
Arthur is informed that because of nurse Mustapha’s
uncorroborated allegation that Arthur is not taking his tablets, he will now be given medication by
injection…
Arthur knows Mr Burke insists on being called ‘Mister Burke’. All the other staff are called by
their first names. Mr Burke calls all the patients by their first
names. Mr Burke is also one of the few nurses to wear a
uniform. All the other staff wear everyday clothes.
Although it is the mid-1970’s, Mr Burke has a Teddy-Boy hair
style. Arthur associates Teddy Boys with ripping up cinema seats and other violence.
Arthur has hair over his ears and likes to be associated with non-violence, peace and love.
Furthermore, Arthur has heard that Mr Burke has trained at
Broadmoor, where Arthur has heard that some patients die
through over-sedation or being restrained.
THE END