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Tue 01 Jan 2009The improbable connection between Harold Pinter and 'Big Brother'
The manner in which he brought the language of the street, speech tics and pauses onto the stage is an important part of Pinter's legacy, writes Mark Lawson
ONE TRAGIC and one ridiculous event of the holiday period - the death of Harold Pinter and the return of Celebrity Big Brother- are, improbably, connected. The early plays of Pinter and the rise of reality TV were both significant stages in the attempt to transmit the reality of how people speak: a movement, in fictional and factual entertainment, from dialogue that flatters everyday language to conversation that captures it.
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