Reflecting badly

NINETIES sitcom “lads” Tony and Gary really were Men Behaving Badly, says actor Neil Morrissey, who now thinks the characters were misogynists.
Neil, who played Tony, with Martin Clunes as his flatmate Gary, believes the 90s series was so politically incorrect it could never be made today.
He said: “Tony and Gary were misogynistic ne'er-do-wells, but we kind of captured the zeitgeist because there was a lot of talk about laddism.”
He made the comments in a conversation with Martin on a new travel series filmed for U&Gold. He went on: “We were given that title of ‘the lads of the era. You couldn't get away with making Men Behaving Badly now.”
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The series ran from 1992 to 1998, much of it showing Tony and Gary drinking beer, watching TV and attempting to pursue women.
Caroline Quentin played Gary's long-suffering girlfriend Dorothy, while Leslie Ash played Debs, the target of Tony's affections.
But Neil explained how the show never intended to be sexist or misogynistic. He said: “If you said misogyny to either Tony or Gary, they'd have probably thought it was a Polish sausage.” Martin chipped in: “Or a star sign.” He added: “They were totally in awe of women and blown away by them and worshipped them in an inappropriate way.”
Martin said social media had ...