Little Britain removed from streaming services

[Natnar]

Maybe the next step is to cancel Mrs Brown's Boys cause there's a man pretending to be a women on it, we can but hope!

[kidsick5000]

Jimmy Fallon was called out for blackface recently.
Again, it was an older sketch from his SNL days about 20 years ago where he was playing Chris Rock.
Fallon has apologised while he's got an ally in Jamie Foxx who defended him.

"He was doing an impression of Chris Rock. It wasn't blackface. We comedians I know it's a tough time right now. But this one is a stretch"

When Vic and Bob first did Otis and Marvin, it felt dodgy. More so than Vic's Barry White. They must have been the first of our generation of comedians to dare to try it. But then it wasn't malicious and obviously silly. So it went by without much visible comment. But then it was pre-internet.
That said, in later instances they just did it with wigs and moustaches.

[evilcommiedictator]

I think in the case of Netflix it was more that it was about to be removed by default anyway as it was reaching the end of its time on there - it was on "Being Removed Soon" lists for a few weeks prior. 

Congratulations everyone for falling for a media release pretending to be news. The notorious leftist BBC and let's assume Corbyn loving Britbox doing it as well remains unclear.

[SavageHedgehog]

From what I can tell the BBC only commented on it because the Daily Mail looked into it once it was discovered. It might have gone unnoticed at another time. It does leave a bit of a bad taste that they can just go "eh, it was a different time" (which it was but not *that* different) and wash their hands of it, Lucas and Walliams will probably be asked about this at every interview for years. Not saying they shouldn't be held accountable for it, but still.

[jobotic]

You've already done that one.

They must be discussing it in his little group - "tell them they should cancel League of Gentleman next - lefties love that".

[Ignatius_S]

...When Vic and Bob first did Otis and Marvin, it felt dodgy. More so than Vic's Barry White. They must have been the first of our generation of comedians to dare to try it. But then it wasn't malicious and obviously silly. So it went by without much visible comment. But then it was pre-internet.
That said, in later instances they just did it with wigs and moustaches.

There were complaints about the use of blackface - hence, it being dropped from those characters. Personally, I've never understood why they thought it was good idea and found the characters worked better without it.

[BritishHobo]

Did they ever do blackface in Monty Python? Don't bother checking, I bet they did. Cancelled. If you're quote them, ever, you're cancelled. Quoting Dead Parrot sketch? Cancelled. Very naughty boy? Cancelled. What have the Romans ever done for us, cancelled, mother was a hamster father smelled of elderberries cancelled. All cancelled.

[SavageHedgehog]

The Loretta scene in Life of Brian has got some heat recently.

[Sebastian Cobb]

With the IASIP episode (the first one anyway), I thought part of the joke was that the blackface, once revealed after so much debate, was more just weird and uneasy rather than lazily offensive like we were expecting - as in it's a pretty professional job (a la Tropic Thunder) rather than an outright offensive caricature, which tells you that Mac's conviction about it being fair to do was actually sincere. This is quickly undermined by the gag of the Juggalo kid trying to copy it. I guarantee you everyone on set was pissing themselves the whole way through, for multiple reasons.

Is it that one or a later one where they swap over half way through and Dennis refuses to black up, making it a farce bit also obvious that Dennis as a narcissist is far more concerned about being seen to be racist over actually not being racist?

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Did they ever do blackface in Monty Python? Don't bother checking, I bet they did. Cancelled. If you're quote them, ever, you're cancelled. Quoting Dead Parrot sketch? Cancelled. Very naughty boy? Cancelled. What have the Romans ever done for us, cancelled, mother was a hamster father smelled of elderberries cancelled. All cancelled.

Mrs. Scum: I don't like darkies.
John Cleese the oleaginous quiz show host: She doesn't like darkies...HAHA HAHA...who does?
* RAUCOUS LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE FROM 1970S AUDIENCE*

[DrGreggles]

You've already done that one.

And it never gets any less funny.

[Benjaminos]

you think the mob care about context??

ahaha, you manually inserted your own cunt's emoji, amazing

[Tony Tony Tony]

Things are getting a bit OTT now with Gone With The Wind being pullled from HBO with a spokesperson saying it was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today".

Apparently the movie will be reinstated at some unspecified point in the future accompanied with a "discussion of its historical context". How about a quick warning before it starts like they do with Tom and Jerry (yes you read that right... Tom and Feckin Jerry) 

[idunnosomename]

BUT I WANTED TO WATCH GONE WITH THE WIND NOW WAAAAH

[Shit Good Nose]

Mrs. Scum: I don't like darkies.
John Cleese the oleaginous quiz show host: She doesn't like darkies...HAHA HAHA...who does?
* RAUCOUS LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE FROM 1970S AUDIENCE*

I'm recalling old memory here as it's been a LONG time since I've seen any of the series, but wasn't the point of that sketch that it was a horrible quiz show featuring horrible people?  All prizes being smashed on the head with a hammer followed by being jumped on?

Things are getting a bit OTT now with Gone With The Wind being pullled from HBO with a spokesperson saying it was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today".

Apparently the movie will be reinstated at some unspecified point in the future accompanied with a "discussion of its historical context". How about a quick warning before it starts like they do with Tom and Jerry (yes you read that right... Tom and Feckin Jerry) 

Talking Pictures TV channel have got it right - their catalogue is made up of TV shows and films made during the worst periods of modern history in terms of thinking, but instead of editing stuff or not bothering to show it at all, they always have tailored ratings/disclaimers at the beginning of each thing and at every ad break.  Obviously they don't show stuff like the Black and White Minstrel Show, but they have aired loads of variety shows from the archives and there's always at least one questionable thing in those.

[Brundle-Fly]

Mrs. Scum: I don't like darkies.
John Cleese the oleaginous quiz show host: She doesn't like darkies...HAHA HAHA...who does?
* RAUCOUS LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE FROM 1970S AUDIENCE*

I think The Middle Of The Film/ African Zulu announcement in Monty Python's Meaning Of Life (1983) might be an issue now.

and Mrs N-word baiter.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

I'm recalling old memory here as it's been a LONG time since I've seen any of the series, but wasn't the point of that sketch that it was a horrible quiz show featuring horrible people?  All prizes being smashed on the head with a hammer followed by being jumped on?

I was thinking more of the " Live At Drury Lane" ( Charisma Records, 1974) version, and the truly discmfiting laughter from the 70s audience, all hopped up on pints of Double Diamond.

Eric Idle as blackface boss- eyed " hey, massah" butler on " The Attila The Hun" show.

[Brundle-Fly]

Palin's Indian waiter sketch in How To Irritate People. too.  This is an even-handed blog on 'dodgy wobbly head accents/ browning up'  with lots of clips from old favourites.

https://blogofthebeardedone.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/islam-and-humour-part-5-the-evolution-of-the-indian-restaurant-sketch/

[MojoJojo]

Little Britain now number 2 & 3 on amazon's DVD sales.

[mippy]

Happy to cancel anyone quoting Python tbh.

[SavageHedgehog]

I wonder when the last time half of the people buying it watched or thought of Little Britain before yesterday?

[idunnosomename]

Little Britain now number 2 & 3 on amazon's DVD sales.

buying optical media to own the libs

[dissolute ocelot]

Going beyond the current focus on anti-black racism, if you cancel all media for being sexist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-semitic, etc, you'll not only lose a lot of shitty white middle-class comedy, but also a lot of black culture and other minority culture, like Eddie Murphy, Blacksploitation, gangster rap, Tyler Perry (aww), a lot of reggae/dancehall, etc. Calls for censorship generally come from those in power (Daily Mail) and historically targeted black (rap), queer, working class (metal), or otherwise marginalised art forms, not Stuff Middle Class White People Like. There are good sociological and artistic reasons why marginalised cultures don't stick to polite middle-class rules, but if there's a war to censor as much as possible, it's not going to be the establishment that loses. (This doesn't alter the fact that it's absolutely fine to critique media we don't like, but don't ban it.)

And this is aside from the fact that Little Britain is about to become the alt-right's favourite TV show.

[Tony Tony Tony]

Little Britain now number 2 & 3 on amazon's DVD sales.

It's the Heinz Salad Cream effect all over again.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/09/27/heinz-bows-to-will-of-the-people-and-sticks-with-salad-cream/

[checkoutgirl]

Can we still  laugh at really fat women who have the audacity to have sexual appetites though?

Probably not.

[j_u_d_a_s]

you think the mob care about context??

Ah yes, the nuance of calling those seeking social justice a mob to imply they're actually bad. Such context, so nuance.

And you went to the trouble of finding the c*nt emoji as an image? Mate...

[jobotic]

They're not banned. They're nos 2 and 3 in Amazon's best-selling DVD sales, as we've been discussing.

[idunnosomename]

Ah yes but imagine if they were. It's just like Hitler

[checkoutgirl]

Did Jim Davidson dress up as a black man? It wouldn't surprise me, but I haven't seen that yet. Just thought he did his Chalky White voice.

D'ye remember Jim's packet of chips routine he did for the army? Ooof.

[checkoutgirl]

You know that whole 'separate the artist from the work' thing? Yeah, reeeeeeally doesn't work with Allen.

I think Louis CK did a bit about rape being an option if you really want to fuck someone but they not wanting to fuck you. I mean in that sitiation rape is the only option. Then his surprise masturbation exhibitionism came to light and...yeah.