anindoorkitty:“the Rites of Passage centers on the public humiliation of one of the passengers. A pa
anindoorkitty:“the Rites of Passage centers on the public humiliation of one of the passengers. A parson who gets drunk, has sex with one of the sailors, and then literally dies of shame…I think Golding had always been fascinated with that. How closely we rub up against barbarity. And that within the blink of an eye you can have something civilized and seemingly in control turn into something that is monstrous.” - Benedict Cumberbatch discussing ‘The Rite of Passage’, the 1st book in the trilogy of ‘The End of the Earth’, in which he played the lead role of Edmund Talbot, in the TV mini series produced by the BBC in the documentary ‘Arena’. BC also narrated portions of the documentary. -- source link