That's nice....untill he gets all sexist a few minutes into the clip -- even getting applause from the audience, including the women. Oh, what a different time, the 70s. The legendary Parkinson/Helen Mirren interview comes to mind.
Much as I deplore GENUINE sexism, the necessary experience, talent, and craftsmanship, not to mention spiritual awakening necessary for an artist of that calibre is usually dismally absent from the knee-jerk 'That's sexist' brigade of zeiteist opportunists.
I think in this case, it has just as much to do with the period and the discourse at the time, as merely Harris himself. He's operating within a set field in which Parkinson is an even worse practitioner.
People say this largely because of the Helen Mirren interview. At that time, Helen basically operated in a teaser mode, saying the opposite of whatever she thought people expected. She was arguably herself playing up those very attitudes.
Plus she became a good friend of Parky's afterwards.
You don't need to go all defensive on Parkinson's behalf, Will. I like the guy myself. But I also like to call a spade a spade. He WAS terribly sexist in this period of his career. He mellowed later on.
