"42 Up" and the Up documentaries

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Milz wrote, about "42 Up":
> 
> <<From various reviews I've read, one of the people, Neil, is 
> supposed to have had a major transformation. Can anyone fill me 
in?  
 
> IIRC, Neil (no relation) had dropped out of society, suffering from 
> schizophrenia, I think, and was a living the life of a penniless 
> hermit, in a caravan, in the middle of nowhere.  He was emaciated, 
> crop-haired and dishevelled during his interviews.  
 
My husband and I were cracking up over the fact that in 42 Up, Neil 
has moved back to London, where he has gone into politics.  (A local 
citizens' council of some sort.  Unpaid position.)  They also show a 
clip from an earlier film (must be 21 or 28 because his hair is 
rather long) in which he actually says that he'd like to go into 
politics!  This was a very weird part of the film for us (we missed 
the first half last night) because it just seemed to be too possibly 
revealing about the personalities of many people who go into 
politics...If more politicians turned out to be paranoid 
schizophrenics, it would explain SO MUCH.

--Barb