Top Gear: Patagonia Special
Discussion
pork911 said:
Potatoes said:
I hope so
you're a fan of public service broadcaster racial slurs?No, I'm a fan of pushing the boundaries in this overly sensitive culture we live in...
Sometimes JC pushes a little far but we need these characters in our broadcasting world to keep it interesting.
That's my view anyway
ETA - I keep double posting for some reason?!
Edited by Potatoes on Monday 8th December 20:02
Munter said:
pork911 said:
will there be any racial slurs that the presenters, producers and BBC standards don't realise are derogatory before broadcast?
There's probably some Argy bargy between the cars.Potatoes said:
You sound like a Radio 4 interviewer trying to corner the interviewee into agreeing to something they probably shouldn't/don't agree with.
No, I'm a fan of pushing the boundaries in this overly sensitive culture we live in...
Sometimes JC pushes a little far but we need these characters in our broadcasting world to keep it interesting.
That's my view anyway
ETA - I keep double posting for some reason?!
I'm glad I'm not alone in distinguishing between poking fun at racial stereotypes and/or past confrontations ("comedy") and actually abusing, harming or excluding someone based on their race ("racism").No, I'm a fan of pushing the boundaries in this overly sensitive culture we live in...
Sometimes JC pushes a little far but we need these characters in our broadcasting world to keep it interesting.
That's my view anyway
ETA - I keep double posting for some reason?!
Edited by Potatoes on Monday 8th December 20:02
Quite looking forward to the TG special, just hope it isn't a flop after all this hype.
pork911 said:
will there be any racial slurs that the presenters, producers and BBC standards don't realise are derogatory before broadcast and complaint?
I'm confused at the minute. I'm watching family guy and it's full of racial slurs, how come this comedy can do what they want and the top gear comedy cannot?Edited by pork911 on Monday 8th December 19:54
Zoobeef said:
pork911 said:
will there be any racial slurs that the presenters, producers and BBC standards don't realise are derogatory before broadcast and complaint?
I'm confused at the minute. I'm watching family guy and it's full of racial slurs, how come this comedy can do what they want and the top gear comedy cannot?public service broadcaster, family show, deliberately include 'slope' joke to reference the guy, then post complaint plead ignorance that they knew or ought to have known 'slope' might be offensive - though i'm guessing the crew weren't referring to locals in that way off camera and i can't say i ever heard jonathan head using the term etc
Zoobeef said:
I'm confused at the minute. I'm watching family guy and it's full of racial slurs, how come this comedy can do what they want and the top gear comedy cannot?
It's because TG is also categorised as "factual" (as some of their material is precisely that.)The problems arise when the line between factual and comedy starts to blur.
Although the TG fanboyz will jump up and down and says it's obvious when Jennifer, Gerbil and Slow are being serious or not, not everyone agrees.
Crossflow Kid said:
Zoobeef said:
I'm confused at the minute. I'm watching family guy and it's full of racial slurs, how come this comedy can do what they want and the top gear comedy cannot?
It's because TG is also categorised as "factual" (as some of their material is precisely that.)The problems arise when the line between factual and comedy starts to blur.
Although the TG fanboyz will jump up and down and says it's obvious when Jennifer, Gerbil and Slow are being serious or not, not everyone agrees.
ahh but that wouldn't work because clarkson, hammond, the crew, producers and BBC standards didn't know 'slope' was a slur, probably just thought it was a term of endearment
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