In class today we watched the first ever series of Vicar of Dibley. Vicar of Dibley is a television drama. The first ever series was broadcasted in 1994.the Vicar of Dibley is a comedy drama. The main issue in this drama was sexism. Can there be female vicars?? The answer varies as different people have different believes and thoughts. This is a summary of what happened.
This drama is set in a typical old English parish church. During a service the old and fragile vicar called Pottle dies. The Parish Council looked back in time and remembered Pottle. The villagers of Dibley gathered together to greet their new vicar. They all expect a male vicar to arrive with some good sense of humour, in tune with the youth and confident. Before Pottle died hardly anyone attended the church services. This shows us that the services were boring and not lively like the church in the clip from Mr Bean we saw in class. David Horton who is the head of the parish council is shocked when an unfamiliar woman called Geraldine Granger walks in. When she introduces herself as the new vicar, David is so surprised and shocked. He immediately said that she isn’t because she is a woman. This shows a sexist act towards Geraldine. Though after David made his comment Geraldine make a joke and acts normally. She doesn’t say6 anything rude back. The way Geraldine speaks and her body language shows us that she is modern and has a young attitude. Then when she walks into the room which everyone else were and she introduces herself and tells everyone that she is the new vicar for the town of Dibley, everyone is dazed and traumatized. At this moment David Horton is outrages and quite offended when he know that their new vicar whom they have been expecting is woman. He strongly believes that there shouldn’t be any, not in his village. Owen walks in late into the parish church, when he is introduced to Geraldine he says, “No she isn’t…she’s a woman,” This shows that he is sexist, and doesn’t approve that there can be woman vicars.
