Hi everyone I hope you're all well so in the wake of the black lives matter
protest turned riots turned white trust fund babies laughing at civil war the
usual corporate culprits have of course jumped on the social justice bandwagon
we've had various confectionery products changing their names to be allegedly
less offensive companies in blazoning their businesses for the black lives
matter paraphernalia every second Hollywood celebrity a list
or otherwise pledging to take responsibility for how allegedly
complicit they are in racism and most disturbingly a number of television
series episodes and a movie either taken down from streaming services or altered
for depicting what the cool kids are calling outdated racial stereotypes
and/or white actors painting their faces a darker color in order to play
characters of other races as if any of that is going to do anything other than
irritate people rather than meaningfully address racism but you know whatever
anyway the big casualties in this entertainment cold were iconic British
comedy series Little Britain and its sister show come fly with me created and
performed by Matt Lucas and David Walliams these were taken down from
Netflix and other streaming services their crime Lucas and Williams dressing
up as characters of other races and also other satirical depictions of cultural
stereotypes that some people somewhere may possibly have had their feelings
hurt by classic film gone with the wind was next temporarily removed from HBO
Max and later reinstated with a disclaimer warning the viewer about the
apparently terribly racist content they were about to consume and while there
were a few other shows that made the first round of bumps such as Chris
Lily's comedy series Summer Heights High Fawlty Towers and the Mighty Boosh it
was Little Britain and Gone with the Wind that got the most attention for
obvious reasons however no sooner had this purge been announced On June 9th
when something interesting happened but before I tell you what that is this
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they were removed from streaming services DVD sales for Little Britain
come fly with me and Gone with the Wind went through the roof and by through the
roof I mean that season one of little Britain's DVD sales on Amazon went up a
hundred and twenty five thousand four hundred and sixty percent season two
sales showed up a hundred and twenty two thousand nine hundred and twenty eight
percent and season three went up ninety eight thousand five hundred and thirteen
percent whoa similar happened with Gone with the Wind on Amazon
a day after HBO max pulled it temporarily from its service the DVD
race to the top of the Amazon bestseller list for TV and movie DVD sales it also
showed up to number five on Apple iTunes music chart now none of this is
surprising I mean the surest way to get people interested in something is to
perceivably ban it everything from TV shows to political commentators if you
restrict people's access to them it immediately creates intrigue and
therefore demand it's the plight of the human condition we always want what we
can't have however this isn't a video about the
ideological implications of removing classic TV shows in case they offend
people I made that video a couple of weeks ago this is about what happened
after Little Britain and Gone with the Wind removal and subsequent DVD sales
triumphs see it wasn't long before other TV shows
were identified as having potentially problematic scenes in them that
regressive leftist activist thugs would inevitably Lobby to ban power-hungry
little cretin that they are now but problematic I don't mean there is
actually a problem with them I mean when you consider beYOU know context intent
and of course the time period in which these shows were created there is no
problem whatsoever especially as a lot of the time these shows are actually
critiquing prejudice by using things like blacking out white actors faces in
an ironic sense however given the reductive nature and low IQ of the
current crop of SJW party poopers they don't understand context intent or
irony for them everything is taken at face value a reductive way to look at
the world but there are a reductive group of people so you know what do you
expect but here's the thing the people involved in this next round of series
and scene calls are actually the activists they are creators producers
and writers of various comedy shows from the early 2000s who have self-identified
particular scenes from over a decade ago that they consider worthy of removal not
activists not TV networks the creators themselves which is a little weird
at least at face value the creator who drew my attention to this was the
incomparable Tina Fey who created smash hit comedy series 30 broke on June 22nd
she requested that four episodes of 30 rock be removed from streaming services
and reruns for allegedly offensive content as she stated to deadline as we
strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America we believe
that these episodes featuring actors in race changing makeup are best taken out
of circulation I understand now that intent is not a free pass for white
people to use these images I apologize for pain they have caused going forward
no comedy loving kidneys Istanbul on these tropes and be stung by their
ugliness I thank NBC Universal for honoring this request now I'm a huge
Tina Fey fan her latest show the unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is one of the
best things I have ever seen I have watched all four seasons like
five times and I will eventually watch them all again it is an amazing show and
what I love about Tina Fey's comedy is that despite the fact she
is a massive lefty she's generally pretty fair she doesn't often bring
politics into her comedy and if she does she kind of makes fun of everyone
including the Democrats maybe you two should keep moving on down the road
no wonder Hillary didn't even bother coming to towns like this which is why I
was so surprised that Tina Fey's seemed to have taken a knee she may be a
Democrat but she's never kind of struck me as massively woke even recently I
mean you saw that black gay stereotype name tied as Andromedan who also just
happens to be my absolute favorite character in that clip that I just
showed you from Kimmy Schmidt and since I love him so much here is another I
know small town gay Kimmy Brennan has a tan on where he usually wears a leather
cuff he's from Indiana but he weighs less than 200 pounds and there's a stain
on his jeans that could only be from revarnished and edwardian escritura what
is gay for desk that show is a recent incarnation it was only produced in the
last five years and just had an interactive movie released on Netflix in
2020 at the height of canceled culture there is nothing fancy pantsy about Tina
Fey she makes whatever jokes she wants which is why her reaction to 30 rock was
just so odd so out of character I mean all the same jerks that humorless
activists find offensive in 30 rock are all in Kimmy Schmidt - they're just less
explicit so why the change of heart well at first I thought maybe she was worried
that violent left-wing thugs that have been terrorizing America for the past
month would burn her house down unless she got in first then I thought that
maybe she kind of wanted to direct their attention away from the unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt since it is her latest project and most likely what is making
her the most money at the moment but knowing Tina Fey I mean that still
didn't seem reason enough I mean given the level of security that she can
afford it is unlikely that she is in danger of physical harm and if they're
going to come for Kimmy Schmidt well they're gonna come for Kimmy Schmidt you
can't stop them and then it hit me It was as if a giant light bulb had gone
off in my head as if a veil had been lifted and I could finally see the world
clearly I suddenly thought back to what had happened when Little Britain was
taken off streaming services DVD sales for the three seasons combined went up
over three hundred thousand percent I remembered
what had happened with Gone with the Wind the DVD sales as well as all the
publicity that was drummed up along with it and all of a sudden I knew what had
happened I knew why Tina Fey had done what she'd done she wants us to buy the
30 rock DVDs that's it that's the reason I don't know why I hadn't realized it
earlier but it is the simplest most justifiable explanation for the whole
thing and it's not just Tina Fey in 30 rock either I mean look back at the
Little Britain scenario while Matt Lucas and David Walliams have apologized over
the years for some of the humor that they used in the show they didn't
completely stop using it in fact they brought back the I m'lady sketch just a
couple of months ago in April for BBC's charity event big night in which
features unconvincing transvestites Emily and Florence now while they only
gave this skit a few seconds of airtime in big night in using weeks made out of
toilet paper rolls in the context of saying they shouldn't be doing this
sketch anymore they still played the characters even
though the trans Lobby has repeatedly insisted that it is transphobic if Matt
Lucas and David Williams were truly truly on the work train they wouldn't
have even mentioned Emily and Florence remember the work crowd doesn't believe
in context or intent so even using the skit as a mayor culpa
would still be considered unacceptable indeed pink News did an entire hit piece
about it outraged regardless of the very obvious context so it should come as no
surprise that after DVDs sales went through the roof upon the removal of
Little Britain from streaming services they didn't go quiet as a way of
quelling the controversy they actually leaned into it with this tweet from Matt
Lucas on June 14th David and I have both spoken publicly in recent years of our
regret that we played characters of other races once again we want to make
it clear that it was wrong and we are very sorry
in other words David and I once played characters of other races don't you want
to have a look so does my theory stand-up has teen if they've done
this to get a potential boost in DVD sales well if we are to believe a search
result of Amazon Australia every season of 30 rock except season 5 plus the full
7 season box set is labeled as stock running low or coming soon coincidence
or something more sinister then the thing is Tina Fey isn't the only one
doing this early 2000 sitcom community had an episode pulled by Hulu and
Netflix because of actors darkening their skin which was supported in a
statement by the show's producer Sony Pictures Television sure enough on
Amazon Australia DVD stocks are running low
just like 30 rock other shows that have done the same that is pin point and pool
episodes at the request of the writer or producer rather than that the
prerogative of the streaming network are scrubs and the office TV shows that
nobody pays attention to anymore that could sure use a little injection of
publicity and intrigue followed by a potential sales boom of old DVD stuff
that is just sitting there gathering dust and sure people can download pirate
versions of these shows instead of spending money on DVDs but like let's be
real they're really probably aren't enough people out there who actually
know how to pirate videos to make a meaningful dent in any kind of sales
revenue it is probably a loss that the creators
can wear so am i right is this all just a money-making scheme disguised as woken
us from the likes of Tina Fey look I have no idea I mean I could be
completely wrong I mean in all of Hollywood surely there must be one or
two people left to have some sort of integrity or principles
and who knows maybe DVD stock of 30 rock and scrubs was low anyway I didn't see
the sales before all of this happened because like everyone else I now stream
everything but if I'm right if this is just a plug to sell DVDs then holy Wow
have I ever had a monumental Epiphany so to Tina Fey Matt Lucas David Williams
and all the rest congratulations on making cancer culture work for you in
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