[Tom4784]

I just did a google search and literally nothing came up about Of Mice & Men being removed from anywhere. I searched for the title itself, added news and then the names of various news sites yet nothing came up.

It's not exactly 'everywhere' if I can't find an article about it on any major news sites that would have been one of the first results to pop up. I can search Gone With The Wind and Little Britain and articles about the recent controversies are their top results, the same can't be said for Of Mice & Men.

[bots]

John Cleese has laid into the "cowardly and gutless and contemptible" BBC after an episode of Fawlty Towers was removed from a BBC-owned streaming platform.

A 1975 episode titled The Germans was taken off UKTV's streaming service because it contains "racial slurs".

In it, the Major uses highly offensive language, and Cleese's Basil Fawlty declares "don't mention the war".

Cleese wrote on Twitter: "The BBC is now run by a mixture of marketing people and petty bureaucrats."

He added: "I would have hoped that someone at the BBC would understand that there are two ways of making fun of human behaviour.

"One is to attack it directly. The other is to have someone who is patently a figure of fun, speak up on behalf of that behaviour."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53020335

So John isn't happy

[armand.kay]

most these shows are literally gonna be put back on sjdjdjOarksjxk people are actually deranged

[armand.kay]

that old ass show they took off so they could edit out the n word

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

that old ass show they took off so they could edit out the n word

There's no need tbh

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

There's no need tbh

what?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

what?

It's fine, the use of the word in its context is fine. It wasn't being used to insult anyone, apart from the old racist man who made himself look stupid by using it.

[Parmy]

An interesting development would be, roots.

[arista]

Originally Posted by parmnion

An interesting development would be, roots.

Roots a great TV series



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)

Put it back on TV

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by arista

Roots a great TV series

[Saph]

I wouldn't eat that RRRRRRRaspberry munch bunch if I were you, bebeh

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by Saph

I wouldn't eat that RRRRRRRaspberry munch bunch if I were you, bebeh

Ghjjhgh

[AnnieK]

The most recent article I can find about Of Mice and Men was from 2015 when parent's in America tried to have it pulled from the Curriculum

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...john-steinbeck

Can't see anything more recent. It may have been an old article you spotted Zizu?

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

The most recent article I can find about Of Mice and Men was from 2015 when parent's in America tried to have it pulled from the Curriculum

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...john-steinbeck

Can't see anything more recent. It may have been an old article you spotted Zizu?

It may have been something like that but quoted / recycled by someone else on Twitter/Instagram/ Reddit/etc .. “everywhere” you look now you’ll see someone naming a classic tv series that’s ‘supposedly ‘ been banned - I’ve lost count how many different tv series have been pulled/withdrawn now for example.


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[user104658]

We (like basically everyone) did OMaM at school when I was about 15, and our (small, female, high-voiced) teacher did the voices of George and Lennie in a theatrical deep southern drawl.

It remains one of my fondest and most hilarious memories of school.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

We (like basically everyone) did OMaM at school when I was about 15, and our (small, female, high-voiced) teacher did the voices of George and Lennie in a theatrical deep southern drawl.

It remains one of my fondest and most hilarious memories of school.

Being forced to act out like an amateur dramatic society, scenes from The Crucible is one of my worst school memories.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Being forced to act out like an amateur dramatic society, scenes from The Crucible is one of my worst school memories.

Oh God, I remember having to watch it performed for Drama once and it was so boring although you have to admire the petty legend that is Abigail Queen of murder through manipulation and kickstarting the Salem Witch Trials

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Oh God, I remember having to watch it performed for Drama once and it was so boring although you have to admire the petty legend that is Abigail Queen of murder through manipulation and kickstarting the Salem Witch Trials

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

We (like basically everyone) did OMaM at school when I was about 15, and our (small, female, high-voiced) teacher did the voices of George and Lennie in a theatrical deep southern drawl.

It remains one of my fondest and most hilarious memories of school.

I love Of Mice and Men. I remember when I accidentally spoiled

Spoiler:

Lennie's death

for my entire class when asking a question to my teacher.

They all hated me for like a month.

[armand.kay]

not “tbh” pls...

[Zizu]

Terry Gilliam
https://www.facebook.com/25673004105...195230707/?d=n


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[Tom4784]

Roots shows the horrors of slavery from a black perspective, it doesn't contain blackface or harmful stereotypes of black people that diminish their suffering.

Anyone that thinks that Roots is comparable to Little Britain or Gone With The Wind are missing the point.

[Saph]

omg I remember watching that in history in like year 7

[Kizzy]

My daughter was made to watch it at school, it impacted on her very badly. She had nightmares, however this is normal... If we were all confronted visually with the realities of slavery, subjugation and oppression we would all have nightmares.

You shouldn't sugar coat history, accountibility is important if we acknowledge and accept the ills of the past then that's right and fair for me.

Ignoring, denying, glamourising or failing to address objectively questionable periods in our history is counterproductive.

It's time to stop protesting and have proper adult conversations as to how we address concerns and move forward.