Reply to: Come fly with me

[MarillionFan]

I was so offended I nearly fell off my sheep.

Why is Spod wearing a kilt?

[minestrone]

I was so offended I nearly fell off my sheep.

[thunderlizard]

To portray only the white characters as ridiculous would have been patronising shirley?

Indeed. Or, in Matt Lucas' case, only the Jewish ones...

[minestrone]

I went down to Cornwall this year.

Darkie day?!

[gingerjedi]

Errrrrmmmmm, by using actors perhaps?

I can see I'm in the minority here (no pun intended) but Matt Lucas' representation of the black waitress (in particular) was undoubtably racist

All of the characters in Come Fly with Me are ridiculous, but their ridiculousness is to do with their personality and behaviour, not with the colour of their skin.

How else could they represent a cross section? To portray only the white characters as ridiculous would have been patronising shirley?

[Zippy]

Errrrrmmmmm, by using actors perhaps?

I can see I'm in the minority here (no pun intended) but Matt Lucas' representation of the black waitress (in particular) was undoubtably racist

I thought Jar-Jar Binks when I saw it, I must admit.

[Ruprect]

I didn't think anything of the blacking up personally. If you want to act as a black person to represent the make up of our population, you need to do it somehow. Remember that all central characters are performed by Matt and David, with only secondary roles by other actors.

However I did grimace whilst watching the Japanese school girl sketch. That was wrong on so many levels

Errrrrmmmmm, by using actors perhaps?

I can see I'm in the minority here (no pun intended) but Matt Lucas' representation of the black waitress (in particular) was undoubtably racist

[Ruprect]

I think that misplaced accusations of racism are just as damaging as racism itself. I was once rounded on by three idiots who accused me of being racist because I liked Jim Davidson! FFS. Knobheads all three of them.

I wonder if the OP is one of them.

Jeez, it clearly has become acceptable again.

For the record, as you're the one who likes Jim Davidson I don't think it's me who's the knobhead

[CheeseSlice]

I see that blacking up is now acceptable again. How? Is it 'ironic'?

I didn't think anything of the blacking up personally. If you want to act as a black person to represent the make up of our population, you need to do it somehow. Remember that all central characters are performed by Matt and David, with only secondary roles by other actors.

However I did grimace whilst watching the Japanese school girl sketch. That was wrong on so many levels

[MarillionFan]

So its ok to be racist as long as you're Matt Lucas. Thanks for clearing that up

I think that misplaced accusations of racism are just as damaging as racism itself. I was once rounded on by three idiots who accused me of being racist because I liked Jim Davidson! FFS. Knobheads all three of them.

I wonder if the OP is one of them.

[Ruprect]

Just 'cause Matt Lucas can carry it off, that doesn't necessarily mean anybody else can. He's a breed apart.

So its ok to be racist as long as you're Matt Lucas. Thanks for clearing that up

[Zippy]

Same here, it looked promising, but not very funny really.

I was quite surprised though to see this article in the Telegraph

The flaming and posturing going on in the comments below the article are a lot funnier than the show.
(I hope the old boy signs up with CUK)

[norrahe]

Don't know that it was particularly funny, but I don't think it was racist, just as the dressing up as women wasn't misogynistic.

Same here, it looked promising, but not very funny really.

I was quite surprised though to see this article in the Telegraph

[gricerboy]

I see that blacking up is now acceptable again. How? Is it 'ironic'?

Haven't you heard of Darkie Day?

link

They've been blacking up in Padstowe for centuries. ISTR Diane Abbott trying to get it banned a few years ago.

[mudskipper]

It was quite funny.

The 'blacking up' bit is acceptable as they are playing characters(they did it in Little Britain as well) as opposed to being overtly racist.

Don't know that it was particularly funny, but I don't think it was racist, just as the dressing up as women wasn't misogynistic.