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Unbelieveable and ridiculous!

posted 12 years ago by PoppyTransfusion
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ww.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2133506/It-Aint-Half-Hot-Mum-scre ened-BBC-deem-racist-modern-society.html

We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are

Everything is racist in England. England is a product of cultural Marxism.

R.I.P England.

[–] PoppyTransfusion 12 years ago

Ha! 'Cultural Marxism' lol! I don't think England is the only place where such sensitivities become ridiculous. The irony is that It Ain't Half hot Mum critiques British attitudes towards Indians and the class system. Although having a white actor (Bates) play an Indian was controversial at the time, as I recall.

We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are

[–] laurence01 12 years ago

Corrected link.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2133506/It-Aint-Half-Hot-Mum-scr e ened-BBC-deem-racist-modern-society.html

[–] DSNForever 12 years ago

People can just buy the DVDs.

[–] chrismartonuk-1 12 years ago

Or watch it on Youtube!

[–] DrBenjaminTwist 10 years ago

And yet, ironically, Bates was actually Anglo-Indian!

[–] HollingsWolves 8 years ago

He wasn't, but he was born in India, spoke fluent Hindi/Urdu, had served with the Gurkhas and had a great love for the country.

[–] DrBenjaminTwist 8 years ago

"He wasn't, but he was born in India..."

He was born in India; that's what makes him Anglo-Indian.

"Anglo-Indian" =` "Adj. Of British descent or birth but living or having lived long in India."[OED]

[–] TwittingOnTrender 11 years ago

Soon it will be The Vicar Of Dibley on a 24-hour loop while we sit strapped to a chair with our eyes held open by clips.

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher.

[–] Deccomajor 9 years ago

This is why shows like In Sickness and in Health, Till Death Us Do Part, Love Thy Neighbour and to an extent George and Mildred, Robins Nest and The Liver Birds will never be screened again on British TV, even Fawlty Towers and Steptoe and Son get near the 'un p.c' mark. Thats why the BBC keep showing Dad's Army and The Good Life re-runs and Gold have stuff like Only Fools and Horse's, Open All Hours and Porridge............... Their playing it safe my WHITE friends.

"In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"

[–] mapsspam 8 years ago

Dang, that's really sad.
Shows like Good Times, The Jeffersons, Standford and Son, and many more still air on US telly

[–] louiseculmer 8 years ago

well, porridge isn't that PC. there are quite a lot of remarks made to Mclaren, the black prisoner, which would probably be considered racist in today's climate. As for dad's army, what about all those remarks jones makes about 'the fuzzy wizzies'?

[–] marktayloruk (2384) 3 years ago

They now cut bits out of Porridge.

[–] HollingsWolves 8 years ago

They cut some stuff out of OFAH now, like people saying 'Paki' and so forth.