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The Plumber (1979)

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clip 'A fertility symbol'

Original classification rating: not rated. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Max the plumber (Ivor Kants) asks Jill the academic (Judy Morris) about her time in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He calls the PNG artefacts ‘boong stuff’, but identifies himself as a member of a disadvantaged minority that’s also subject to discrimination – tradesmen.