Thursday, April 21, 2011
Diversity is suicide, part 357829758437589
I keep track of the Youtube channel ItvGoldNow which features some good '60s and '70s British movies and TV shows. (Mainly I like the '60s babes.)
Their latest offering is a British series from 1977, 'Mind Your Language'. The show is set in an English-language school for foreigners, and pretty much repeats the plot and dialog of the Hyman Kaplan books and the US radio series 'Life with Luigi'. Not especially original or well-made.
What caught my attention was the history given by ItvGoldNow:
In other words, the people who were supposed to be "offended" by the "stereotypes" liked the show. Only the British Gramscian suicidal elite were actually offended. ¶ 5:22 AM
Their latest offering is a British series from 1977, 'Mind Your Language'. The show is set in an English-language school for foreigners, and pretty much repeats the plot and dialog of the Hyman Kaplan books and the US radio series 'Life with Luigi'. Not especially original or well-made.
What caught my attention was the history given by ItvGoldNow:
Part 2 of the opening episode of the LWT sit-com, "Mind Your Language, "The First Lesson". The programme was cancelled in 1979 by Michael Grade, then-LWT's Deputy Controller of Entertainment, who considered the stereotyping offensive (some public debate had established that many people found it racist). Nevertheless, the series was sold to other countries, including Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Singapore. It was also one of the first British TV programmes shown in South Africa after the end of the boycott by Equity.
In other words, the people who were supposed to be "offended" by the "stereotypes" liked the show. Only the British Gramscian suicidal elite were actually offended. ¶ 5:22 AM
