Hi everyone I hope you're all well so the George Floyd protests have well and
truly given way now to riots looting and in the case of Seattle armed far left in
surgeons who have literally taken over a district in the city and have turned it
into a co-op no-go zone in addition to this brand of radical activism shall we
say a number of big corporations have jumped on the bandwagon it's the usual
brand of woke capitalism oh look we're a big corporation but we're standing with
a little guy against whatever the latest in vogue social justice gripe is some
examples of this are Yorkshire tea who advised a right-wing youtuber not to buy
their tea again after she praised the company for not joining in the corporate
virtue signaling saying they were taking some time to educate themselves and plan
proper action before they post then there is Amazon which is prominently
displaying black lives matter material on its platforms and added ass who has
so flagellated for its alleged lack of diversity and has introduced new
affirmative action policies to ensure at least 30% of all new positions in the
u.s. at added s and Reebok are filled by black and Latino people how wonderfully
patronizing now normally we can just laugh at the lengths companies will go
to in order to appear work in trendy and does avoid an activist pylon however
there are a few big corporations engaging in work capitalism in a
different more sinister way and by different and more sinister I mean it
has shades of what various dictators like Mao Stalin and a certain early 20th
century German nationalist leader whose name I cannot mention because YouTube
will get me into trouble I'm talking of course about Netflix BBC I've used an
HBO Max and others who are against the better judgment of what I'm guessing is
the majority of the population removing classic TV shows and movies from their
services because they depict so-called outdated cultural stereotypes this is
all in the name of black lives matter and anti racism and work news of course
as if banning TV shows and movies for being a product of their times or set in
a particular context is going to do anything other than annoy the punters
and generate resentment thus potentially making racial tensions was notable shows
on the chopping block Little Britain the mighty boosh League of Gentlemen and
episode of Fawlty Towers Gone with the Wind which has been removed temporarily
by HBO max and will be reinstated with a discussion and a denunciation of its
allegedly racist content and the one that really grinds my gears four of
Australian comedian and writer Chris Lilley satirical faux documentary shows
Summer Heights High Jonah from Tonga angry boys and we can be heroes for
shows from one comedian I mean that's got to be a massive slap in the face for
Chris Lilley so what is the grand Cardinal racists in these shows have
committed do they promote harm or violence against black people do they
insist they're not equal to white people and should be discriminated against no
of course not the cardinal sin here is in the case of Little Britain the mighty
boosh League of Gentlemen and Chris Lilley shows white actors painting their
faces darker in order to portray characters of a different race the name
of which you all know that again I can't actually say that on YouTube because
they will get me into trouble in the case of Gone with the Wind it's set
during the American Civil War and is considered to contain racist depictions
of black people and glorify the Confederates and the Old South so in
other words these big streaming companies have done nothing meaningful
to address racism all they have done is to insulate themselves from the noisy
minority of outrage mongers who are on the rampage at the moment because they
have too much time on their hands at the expense of normal sensible people who do
not like being told what they can and can't watch or what they should and
shouldn't find offensive it's also dare I say it incredibly patronizing of black
people and smacks of a white Savior complex as if black people won all think
and feel the same and to assert fragile and sensitive that they need to be
protected from material they may or may not possibly be made to feel
uncomfortable by this sounds pretty racist to me
but are these shows as objectively offensive and racist as Netflix at all
have apparently decided they are I mean sure the act of white people blacking up
their faces was a way of ridiculing and subjugating black Americans and it
peaked in popularity during and after the American Civil War when racial
tensions were exceedingly high which is why there is such cultural sensitivity
about it still today I am not about to stand here and defend that gosh no it's
rude and racist and demeaning and should be around Lee condemned of course
context and intent play an enormous role in all of this so are the racist
minstrel shows of all the same as say Chris Lilley playing tongue and
schoolboy and Jonah Takalua in Summer Heights High boy say I'm destructive
they don't even know that I'm just trying to make things more fun and more
interactive kids in the class don't even care because they're doing their work
and they're concentrating and it's boring and all of a sudden they get a
joke and they just get a little break from their work and they get to laugh so
that's not if that's being disruptive then you that's not disruptive that's
entertainment or Matt Lucas and David Walliams using brown makeup to convey
and critique stereotypes of British people and in the case of Gone with the
Wind which features black actors playing black roles does the fact there are
slaves and slave owners depicted as they were written in the book it's based on
grounds to say it's racist enough to take down pending a disclaimer about how
apparently racist it is and more to the point is all this taking down of classic
TV shows actually achieving anything toward ending racism well the answer to
all of that of course is no and as somebody who is very aware of a lot of
the material that has been taken down namely Little Britain Gone with the Wind
and Chris Lily's comedy I can tell you this about the people who are supporting
this censorship either their critical thinking skills have gone completely out
the window or they haven't actually watched any of the material because if
they had any critical thinking skills or had
watch the material they would know that in context nothing about these shows is
so offensive or racist that it's worth taking down from streaming services as
some sort of big grand anti racist sentiment let's start with Gone with the
Wind the movie based on Margaret Mitchell's classic novel which I am
currently in the middle of reading very coincidentally depicts the story of
Scarlett O'Hara a southern belle and daughter a rich plantation owner whose
world is brought crashing down by the American Civil War now while it does
tell the story of the war from the perspective of the Confederates and
while it presents the world of the Old South in somewhat of a normalized light
it doesn't actually glorify it in fact the movie and also the book especially
is quietly critical of that whole world portraying it as vapid and indulgent
devoid of purpose and ultimately worth leaving behind not only that the heroine
of the plot Scarlett is a literal sociopath and while she is beautifully
portrayed by the incomparable Vivien Leigh she is about the most unlikable
devious Machiavellian female protagonist you will find in the American literary
canon if anything the story is an indictment of the Old South and points
out the pointlessness of their so-called glorious cause rather than a racist
nostalgic depiction of it also remember black actress Hattie
McDaniel was the first ever african-american to win an Oscar for her
performance as mammy in the film that would have been massive in 1939 when it
came out as for Chris Lily's brilliant depiction of tongue and Schoolboy
journey well I'm going to defer to him myself here on this one in the case of
Jonah again if these people would actually consume the material they would
realize that what he gives with Jonah is an extremely thoughtful meaningful
heartfelt portrayal of a lot of the issues that Island disadvantaged kids
face at disadvantaged schools I mean II look at Jonah his mother died when he
was very young he has a father who probably smacks him a bit too much he's
falling behind at school he's isolated in his in his friendship group you know
he has a lot of of problems he experiences racism at
school but then you see he thrives so wonderfully through breakdancing and
through art and there are so many disadvantaged kids islandora otherwise
who have that story and it's a wonderful sort of critical very sympathetic view
there's nothing mocking about it but you're telling me you just add a little
bit of brown makeup to Chris Lilley and suddenly that wonderful storytelling and
writing is offensive and deserved to be banned I mean how does that make any
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I would love to have you the removal of the for Chris Lilley shows that
specifically depict racial performances while leaving other shows up is very
revealing see Netflix at all might be doing this culling to portray themselves
as doing their bit to make their platforms just that little bit more
socially aware and less offensive but journey from Tonga isn't the half of
just how garishly wonderful Chris Lily's comedy is enter Jim a private school
girl
jame private school girl tells the story of Jamaican the queen bee of Anglican
school hillford grammar played by of course Chris Lilly and all her wild
adventures as a private school girl and as someone who not only went to a
private girls school but knows people who went to the private school that the
show is based on and the fact that my school is actually mentioned by name in
one of the scenes well if he was really your boyfriend then why was he who hang
out without the girls you could say I have a rather personal attachment to the
show anyway Jim a private school girl is infinitely
more offensive than anything in Summer Heights High Jonah from Tonga angry boys
all we can be heroes there is nothing sentimental or heartwarming about this
character she is a lovable villainous throughout and she embodies all of the
worst stereotypical characteristics of white rich teenage girls I mean it is
just brilliant but any regressive leftist activist looking through it
could easily make a case for racism sexism transphobia offensive stereotypes
I mean you name it there is a joke in there that could be said to embody it
like for instance when jemaine's rich south african white father discusses his
experiences growing up in johannesburg and personally i got to know a lot of
blacks while growing up as a kid in South Africa very decent people great
workers all the way jame refers to students of Asian descent well at school
I'm pretty much friends with everyone like everyone thinks I'm really nice I'm
gonna get a photo of the Asians and I think of school captain that's a really
good thing for me to be the ambassador of like niceness
I'm gonna grab it I'm gonna hashtag fried rice or the fact that she sponsors
an African teenage boy from a disadvantaged neighborhood and uses him
to gain social clout and status I would now like to introduce to you my latest
project Kwami
he's from Uganda really adults I've been spending time
with him in his community in this really Poppa area in the western suburbs and
I've been like reading to him and just Chilean stuff it's legit a seriously
tragic environment go away and stop passion of mine what did you think that
fat girl that came up you liked her say no no say mom you only speaks the truth
needless to say it is my absolute favorite of all of Chris Lilley shows I
mean it is just so funny I highly recommend you watch it I mean that one
at least is still on Netflix but the fact you may private school girl is
still up and running regardless of the fact it is objectively far more
jaw-dropping than Chris Lilly's other shows proves that these streaming
services are not really interested in being woke or creating a safe space for
viewers they just go with what is trendy as a way to advertise themselves and
also to insulate themselves from any kind of potential outrage mobs who may
be sent their way it is all pointless all in all whether it's looting defacing
statues missing TV shows or mass protests in the middle of a public
health emergency the world has officially gone mad
as they say 2020 is wild y'all let's just hope we all come out of it more or
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