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2018-07-07 Britain

h/t Instapundit
[PJMedia] ...Now it's 2018, so Monty Python stinks because they're all middle-class white males and most of them aren't LGBTQRSTUV.

A fellow named Shane Allen works for the BBC in the capacity of "Controller, Comedy Commissioning, Television." Which sounds like a job title right out of a Python sketch. Recently, Allen explained the Beeb's new diversity push, insisting that Monty Python is a thing of the past: "If you're going to assemble a team now it’s not going to be six Oxbridge white blokes. It’s going to be a diverse range of people who reflect the modern world."
The one thing "Modern World" (apparently) doesn't need or wants is talent
...John Cleese said:
BBC's Head of Comedy puts Monty Python's lack of originality down to a surfeit of education and racist bias

Unfair ! We were remarkably diverse FOR OUR TIME

We had three grammar-school boys, one a poof, and Gilliam, though not actually black, was a Yank. And NO slave-owners

...And Terry Gilliam was even more blunt:

"It made me cry: the idea that ... no longer six white Oxbridge men can make a comedy show," he said. "Now we need one of this, one of that, everybody represented... this is bullshit. I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian... My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-07 04:26|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 ...I fear for what happens when the Diversity crowd actually watches 'Blazing Saddles'....

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-07-07 04:48|| 2018-07-07 04:48|| Front Page Top

In defense of Hollywoood, Gunsmoke's 'Chester' (Dennis Weaver) become a well known and respected actor decades before anyone even thought of the so-called 'Americans with Disabilities Act.'

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-07 05:04|| 2018-07-07 05:04|| Front Page Top

#3 That's what was great about Monty Python. Everybody was offended by something in each episode.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-07-07 08:28|| 2018-07-07 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 There are some who say BBC destroyed the chemistry of the beloved Springwatch show when they introduced a black female a year ago or so and marginalized a long-time white male member of the popular show, all in the name of diversity. To be fair, the female does possess the education background. But, was she a dud as part of the show? Yes. Not the same show.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-07-07 08:32|| 2018-07-07 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 @ #3 -- Especially those ~~Flemish~~ Phlegms.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-07-07 08:33|| 2018-07-07 08:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Sad state of affairs but hey, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Posted by Warthog 2018-07-07 09:18|| 2018-07-07 09:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry Shane but we won't be having an argument until you've paid!

Posted by Warthog 2018-07-07 09:19|| 2018-07-07 09:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Comfy chair treatment for you, buster!

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-07-07 09:37|| 2018-07-07 09:37|| Front Page Top

#9 ...oh, and about Blazing Saddles.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-07 11:21|| 2018-07-07 11:21|| Front Page Top

#10 Another one so woke, he asleep.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-07-07 13:26|| 2018-07-07 13:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Is it twue what they say about men of your race?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-07-07 19:24|| 2018-07-07 19:24|| Front Page Top

#12 And now to something completely different!

Posted by European Conservative 2018-07-07 19:42|| 2018-07-07 19:42|| Front Page Top

#13 ...a man with three buttocks.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-07-07 20:38|| 2018-07-07 20:38|| Front Page Top

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