Recently, David Warner died early this August. A great loss as Warner made his mark internationally, starring in the title role of Morgan, a role I consider the height of his career and one of the finest political satires of the Swinging 60's and beyond. His NY Times obit gave a passing nod to this film which enchanted and dismayed audiences, depending on your taste for slap-stick, wry commentary on trendy 60's London of conspicuous consumption and British upper-middle class arrogance. The film is a period situation comedy reflecting the mad comedy of the time and the sobering shift in world politics, revolution on the doorstep . Having read considerable comments by recent viewers of the film, their political atavism reflected in the film's dour reception in the eyes of this post-millennial audience! One wonders what Chaplin would have faced....
Review of Morgan!
