[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

What?

He, a white male, blacked up to play 4 black characters with accentuated features.
Blackface.

[armand.kay]

I'm not against this move or anything but I don't think anybody actually asked for this?

[armand.kay]

Maybe the bbc saw everything that going on and decided to cover their own back

[armand.kay]

white people in here acting like they'll get shot for going on amazon and buying it... (you can even pirate it if you're cheeky)

[parmnion]

Intentional blackfacing can never be funny.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

He, a white male, blacked up to play 4 black characters with accentuated features.
Blackface.

Right? I have watched Bo Selecta. This information doesn't answer my question.

Originally Posted by Marsh.

What's Keith Lemon got to do with Little Britain?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Right? I have watched Bo Selecta. This information doesn't answer my question.

Imo they are the same if we are holding one show up as an example of what is inappropriate content then they both are.

I didn't raise Bo selecta or keith lemon as an issue for discussion on this thread but it is relevant to it.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Imo they are the same if we are holding one show up as an example of what is inappropriate content then they both are.

I didn't raise Bo selecta or keith lemon as an issue for discussion on this thread but it is relevant to it.

I didn't say you did. You responded to a question I asked the member that did.

[Jessica.]

I found some parts of the show funny when I was a child but even then I found the blackface distasteful. I don't see a problem with them not streaming it, people can buy it if they want to watch it.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I didn't say you did. You responded to a question I asked the member that did.

You may have done but my response to that question is they are the same, if you remove one you have to remove both.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

You may have done but my response to that question is they are the same, if you remove one you have to remove both.

I don't think the BBC removed it because of anything to do with Keith Lemon.

Just as HBO Max have done with Gone with the Wind.

[Kizzy]

Fair play then, it's really odd I would laugh at little britain but Bo selecta I hated...couldn't watch it. It ruined Craig Davids career too for a long time didn't it?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Fair play then, it's really odd I would laugh at little britain but Bo selecta I hated...couldn't watch it. It ruined Craig Davids career too for a long time didn't it?

Yeah it basically destroyed his ability to be taken seriously. Even at his angriest I don't think CD thought it was racist, but one might say it's a cruel "impression"

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Shaun

1) They've taken the whole show down
2) That would be a sketch where the character playing a gay male is... a gay male. Which isn't...really problematic.

It’s stupid because they make fun of everyone... including themselves. It’s not as though they are making fun of someone because of their skin colour. It’s just a character they are portraying.

It’s just dumb because I feel like no one actually complained about it and now the super right wing ppl are gonna claim that it was taken down because people are pathetic and complain about everything

[Denver]

Bo Selecta has been removed from 4OD

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

It’s just dumb because I feel like no one actually complained about it

Where've you been? People have complained about it since it was originally aired.

[bitontheslide]

gone with the wind has .... gone with the wind on HBO

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Where've you been? People have complained about it since it was originally aired.

I just mean, why now? It’s completely random...the show is what, 15 years old? Why is it only seen as unnecessarily offensive now?

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

I just mean, why now? It’s completely random...the show is what, 15 years old? Why is it only seen as unnecessarily offensive now?

Maybe streaming services don’t want it on their platform after recent events...


why are people so upset over this it’s not been removed from the face of the earth

[Livia]

funny

Eddie Murphy whited up to play a large-nosed Jew with a Yiddish accent.

I thought it was funny. He's an comedy actor.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

gone with the wind has .... gone with the wind on HBO

I thought Gone with the Wind clearly showed the inequality. Maybe we're going to just overlook slavery completely and pretend everything was fine and dandy for black people 150 years ago in the USA.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Livia

funny

Eddie Murphy whited up to play a large-nosed Jew with a Yiddish accent.

I thought it was funny. He's an comedy actor.

That doesn't count because Jews have never been discriminated against

[letmein]

Little Britain and Catherine Tate were **** shows. All they were were one catch phrases repeated ten billion times. Ricky Gervais created an entire show about it Extras which highlighted how these two shows dumbed down British comedy. We were then left with Miranda and Mrs Brown’s Boys, the very worst of British television.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by letmein

Little Britain and Catherine Tate were **** shows. All they were were one catch phrases repeated ten billion times. Ricky Gervais created an entire shoe about it Extras which highlighted how these two shows dumbed down British comedy. We’re we’re then left with Miranda and Mrs Brown’s Boys, the very worst of British television.

Finally, someone with TASTE. go off sis

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by letmein

Ricky Gervais created an entire shoe about it