A big part of the problem with British television is its lack of adventurousness. Gone are the days TV companies would touch experimental drama (well, drama generally), take risks, challenge the viewer, and the values of society. “Up the junction”, “Poor Cow”, attitude changing, shocking at the time of first showing, but nevermore will we see their like again on our small screens.
Why?
Well, in part it’s the faulty of the PC tellywatchers whose lives are so effin’ empty they grab the phone to complain at every damn opportunity. Left to their own devices, these bastards would make sure we had no art left worth the name in this country. They want universal “grayness”, no colour, everything “safe” and very, very, very PC. They complain and complain, usually about sweet FA, but the Broadcasting companies listen to them! Listen and take note!
This pack of humourless, cultureless, Philistines sit round daily “consuming” a diet of shit from their televisions, as if it were gourmet faire. They are nothing but cultural locusts.
Another example of this absurdist attitude has been brought to my attention by a gay friend, and is to be found in this article about Jonathan Ross, HERE.
Now I don’t particularly like Mr. Ross; he’s done me no harm, mind, wished me no ill; but I don’t go out of my way to consume his “products” on television or radio. However now it seems he’s accused of being “homophobic” because he said on radio: “If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his, erm, partner home.”
It’s a joke. It’s meant as humour. It’s non PC. And Ross has a reputation for saying things like this. So, a question for all of you who like to complain…is your on/off switch broken?
“What would be the message to a young gay man listening to this? Worse still, how might such comments reinforce and support homophobic bullying in the playground?” asked one concerned individual.
My friend, who is gay, said: “Is this serious? Or has Ross paid them to get the bloody publicity?”
I have to be honest, I don’t know. The BBC said they’ve had four complaints…four complaints and it’s splattered across the newspapers?
What shite!
