Stephen Bear has shared his first update since getting an early release from prison, serving just 11 months of a 21-month sentence.
Bear served time for his conviction for voyeurism, disclosing private, sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress, and harassment without violence.
The former Challenge competitor surfaced in a new video featuring a shot of him jogging outdoors into the video frame.
Bear stops and begins throwing punches in the air before he winks and flexes for the camera.
Music plays over the scene with a sound bite from part of Tom Hardy’s film Legend, which tells the story of twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray wreaking havoc on London in the 1960s.
“It’s not how hard you can hit, it’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forword…,” Bear’s video caption said, a nod to Sylvester Stallone’s line from the movie Rocky.
Bear served time for his conviction for voyeurism, disclosing private, sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress, and harassment without violence.
The former Challenge competitor surfaced in a new video featuring a shot of him jogging outdoors into the video frame.
Bear stops and begins throwing punches in the air before he winks and flexes for the camera.
Music plays over the scene with a sound bite from part of Tom Hardy’s film Legend, which tells the story of twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray wreaking havoc on London in the 1960s.
“It’s not how hard you can hit, it’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forword…,” Bear’s video caption said, a nod to Sylvester Stallone’s line from the movie Rocky.
- 1/23/2024
- by Matt Couden
- Monsters and Critics
Minor Spoilers
Villains have long been dandies. Dressing loud is an established method of implying wealth and standing, particularly for ‘new money’. In a modern day context, this largely began with real life gangsters echoing the obnoxious outfits of Hollywood gangsters like Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar (1931), James Cagney in The Public Enemy (1931) and Paul Muni in Scarface (1932). Conversely the actors’ looks in these movies was also drawn from real life crooks – Al Capone, for example, long known for his love of matching silk pocket squares and neckties. It is a chicken and egg situation as to which came first: the dandy gangster gangster or the dandy movie gangster. However, by and large this idea of demonstrating status via clothing has remained in place since the 1920s, with notable ‘black suit’ exceptions during the 1990s as the criminal fraternity became increasingly white collar and preferred to remain behind the scenes.
Villains have long been dandies. Dressing loud is an established method of implying wealth and standing, particularly for ‘new money’. In a modern day context, this largely began with real life gangsters echoing the obnoxious outfits of Hollywood gangsters like Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar (1931), James Cagney in The Public Enemy (1931) and Paul Muni in Scarface (1932). Conversely the actors’ looks in these movies was also drawn from real life crooks – Al Capone, for example, long known for his love of matching silk pocket squares and neckties. It is a chicken and egg situation as to which came first: the dandy gangster gangster or the dandy movie gangster. However, by and large this idea of demonstrating status via clothing has remained in place since the 1920s, with notable ‘black suit’ exceptions during the 1990s as the criminal fraternity became increasingly white collar and preferred to remain behind the scenes.
- 4/3/2020
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Many sequels are rather unnecessary, but when the job is only half-done those involved are left with little choice. If it weren’t for the fact that The Rise of the Krays only told part of the story, it’s arguable as to whether The Fall of the Krays would have seen the light of day.
With the event of Legend in 2015, The Rise (we’ll shorten the titles from now on) fell under the radar somewhat. It’s probably due to this that it didn’t receive all of the plaudits it deserved. The Fall, however, faced no such obstacles upon its release at the beginning of last year, so the several things that let it down a little are magnified. The storyline just doesn’t seem to flow at times, while the direction is somewhat haphazard towards the end. It’s almost as if the budget was considered...
With the event of Legend in 2015, The Rise (we’ll shorten the titles from now on) fell under the radar somewhat. It’s probably due to this that it didn’t receive all of the plaudits it deserved. The Fall, however, faced no such obstacles upon its release at the beginning of last year, so the several things that let it down a little are magnified. The storyline just doesn’t seem to flow at times, while the direction is somewhat haphazard towards the end. It’s almost as if the budget was considered...
- 5/26/2017
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
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