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01 Jul 14
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where white men black up their faces, but last night I was flicking back and forth between footie and something else, and the cameraman focused at least 3 times on nigerian fans who had painted their faces white.
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And it shows the biggest load of sh!te to ever hit the screen jonah from tonga.
With chris lilley blacked up. |
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If white people blacked their faces, they would be arrested for racism, and incitement to cause an affray!
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bullsh1t aunty. as flushgordon says, the Beeb screened Jonah (and S-mouse) two creations by Chris Lilley on BBC3 just a couple of years ago. They were both funny as fk by the way.
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No they were incredibly unfunny thats the problem,
It aint half hot mum was funnier than any chris lilley pile of sh!te but it wont be shown because there are white actors blacked up. Bbc says its because lilleys progs are ironic. Yes the irony is they are about as funny as finding a lump on one of your knackers |
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Sunbathing and tanning studios will be outlawed next.
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no you've made a mistake flush. Chris Lilley was well funny, especially Jonah Takalua. It can be very subtle though and so will perhaps go over the heads of some.
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It ain't half hot mom, on the other hand, was awful. The worst of that lazy BBC sitcom mentality of old where they barely put any effort or originality into an idea because they know the public will laugh regardless. I bet you like "Are you being served" as well?
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Subtle? iTs a complete load of old bollix.
Of course i my agegroup grew up with mrs slocumbes ****. |
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When a group of white men can't black up, make their lips look big, put on curly wigs and jig around singing "swanee river" whilst shaking their hands you know we've lost the battle it as a nation.
People fought in two world wars etc.. |
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Loved "Are you being served" a classic, similar to Father Ted and Keeping up Appearances.
The British are no longer funny as it happens. |
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The BBC are blatantly racist according to Peter Hitchens.
He says they have a policy of ensuring that one in seven actors or presenters appearing on their channels, should be black Asian or from an ethnic minority within three years. They're giving people jobs based on the colour of their skins. Isn't discrimination like that against the law? |
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in the interim they are going to ensure that at least one in seven actors or presenters a "blacked up"
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It ain't half hot mum is an iconic British programme. if Muslims don't like it ,then tough, you think we like the grotesque looking Mosques polluting our
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I liked It ain't half hot mum
I have never what so offensive about blacking up myself Although if it does offend, I understand us not doing it now But people forget that in its time this was acceptable..so nobody was doing anything wrong We keep trying to rewrite history |
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Will somebody explain how it offends?
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good question taxi???????????????????
I still don't know |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4TPuYbjnlI
can you dress like this these days |
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A jewish entertainer called Asa Yoelson, decided to 'black up' in 1904. He of course went on to make The Jazz Singer.
Now i wonder who would be more offended now? |
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wit-hams youtube clip
'the awful disclosures of Maria Monk' Harry Monk and Mariah Monk are cockney rhyming slang for the same thing.  |
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So BBC says no to The Black and White Minstrels
and yes to The League of Gentlemen, and quite right too. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E-7A5DiquI . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2F4ZWTjwTU |
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I do not believe the BBC employ anybody just because they are black. Presenters like Dotun Adebayo and Stephen K Amos are on the BBC because they are superb at their job, it has nothing to do with the colour of their skin.
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The BBC employ several newscaster on the radio who do not speak fluent English.
You're not telling me they were selected for their speaking voices. Which should be a must in a radio newscaster. |
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Neil Nunes, yes he is another one BBC World Service. I once heard a news bulletin where he talked of the arrest of Michael Phelps. To this day I am still unsure what a Murray Warner pipe is
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Who was that athletics anchor, on ch4 i think. was awful, well funny.
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It is perfectly acceptable to show The Black and White Minstrels
as long as people are reminded, it is of its time How on earth do we expect people from 50 years ago or more, to know what todays values were going to be any more than we know what our values in the future may be IT IS FECKIN IMPOSSIBLE Also this show was made, it happened, we can't make it NOT happen So it can be shown as part of our history, completely legitimately By not showing these programs we are suppressing or trying to rewrite history This takes into the world of 1984, where people must only know what the government wants them to know This is suppressing both truth and knowledge I am totally against it, it will harm us |
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Ortiz Delay
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Ortiz Delay
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Ortis Delay even, I am as bad as him
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Anyone else on June Sarpong at 66/1 to replace Paxman on Newsnight?
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Anyone else on June Sarpong at 66/1 to replace Paxman on Newsnight?
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In 1971 when I was eleven, I went on a school trip to London, and one of the things on the itinery was a trip to see the black and white minstrel show at the windmill theatre
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In 1971 when I was eleven, I went on a school trip to London, and one of the things on the itinery was a trip to see the black and white minstrel show at the windmill theatre
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There was a school in Devon on the news about 2 weeks ago. There are no black kids in it, so a trip was organised for loads of them to visit a school in east London.
I can just see the reactions on the return trip when a bus load of black east London kids arrive in a quiet village in Devon for the day. |
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Norman Colliers Al Jolson impression at 5:00
. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjmqfZX9CA |
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Until you fkrs apologise for slavery we will have this problem. Even though we were the prime movers in banning it. So come on all you honkeys!!!
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The only people who need to apologise for slavery are those who have owned a slave
One cannot apologise for somebody else Even slavery would not have been considered wrong, at some times in our history people live by the value of their times Anyway I was regretting we cannot watch The Black and White Minstrels not that we have not re introduced slavery |
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I understand how you feel moisok
some feel we have to apologise for just breathing air incredibly trivial values we have nowadays |
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Maybe if they show it they have to refund part of the colour licence fee?
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