Political correctness hits panto - FFS

[Mrs Fish]

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[quote=ananova]Political correctness hits panto

A drama group hoping to stage Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs for their Christmas panto say they were shocked when they got the script with the word dwarf censored.

The panto had been renamed as Snow White and the word dwarf had been removed from the scripts with the characters referred to as "gnomes" or "guardians of the forest."

Show director Karen Birkbeck from the Coxheath Players in Kent said: "It smacked of political correctness. It's all very confusing for the kids who grew up with the Seven Dwarfs."

The Restricted Growth Association welcomed the ban saying the term dwarf was offensive.

Sandy Marshall from the Association said: "Some of our members find the term dwarf unpleasant so it is best if people try to avoid using it."
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[Shnozz]

Cant see the "guardians of the forest" porn films being such a big hit.

[chim_knee]

Mrs Fish said:

The Restricted Growth Association welcomed the ban saying the term dwarf was offensive.

Tch, they should just "grow up"!

[silversun]

OMG, that is just absurd. What is going on in these people's heads??

[Eric Mc]

As it does every year.

[AlexH]

los Angeles said:

What's next? Vertically Unchallenged at the Beanstalk?

Cinderella will have to change too...the word 'cinder' implies burning of natural resources, contributing to greenhouse gasses and global warming, so I think 'Unburntwoodella' would be much more appropriate...

Aladdin obviously carries pro-male/misogynistic overtones, so will have to become Aladorlassin...

Any others?

[D_Mike]

silversun said:

OMG, that is just absurd.

Oh no it isn't!

[AlexH]

D_Mike said:

silversun said: OMG, that is just absurd. Oh no it isn't!

[speedychrissie]

im confused:

i watched a very interesting scientific program a few months ago about different causes for dwarfism in humans and they said that the pollitically correct term WAS DWARF.

so if dwarf is now an offensive term then what are we supposed to use?

chris

[PH Morpheus]

When will all this PC end
It's making a mockery of my childhood and spoiling the future for my grandchildren.

[JagLover]

A joke I heard years ago was that to be pc the title had to be changed to 'Snow white and the seven vertically challenged men'

It seems that when you are dealing with PC madness even jokes come true

[PetrolTed]

Could someone explain to me why the word dwarf is offensive?

[Vipers]

Thank your lucky stars they let they call it "SNOW WHITE", but her days are numbered.

Now had it been staged in bonny Scotland, they could simply have called it "Snow White and the 7 sporg's".....

[tonyvid]

I watched the prog about the Eden Project the other day and they were getting ready for "the season of gifts" - is that Christmas then?

[thegreatsoprendo]

speedychrissie said:

so if dwarf is now an offensive term then what are we supposed to use?

"Guardians of the Forest" presumably!

[Vipers]

tonyvid said:

I watched the prog about the Eden Project the other day and they were getting ready for "the season of gifts" - is that Christmas then?

Matter of time before someone decides that Father Christmas, is sexists

[Vipers]

anonymous said:

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Queens english please for us dumb buggers?

[BliarOut]

PetrolTed said:

Could someone explain to me why the word dwarf is offensive?

Err, no I can't actually

dwarf·ism (dwôrfzm)
n.

A pathological condition of arrested growth having various causes. Also called nanism.

[Vipers]

anonymous said:

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Cant keep up with all this typing, unfortunately I am away from home and dont have access to my dictionary, and its not a word I use, but I'l look it up later...................

[BliarOut]

Arse. I've completely used up my supply of compassion today. this, anyone for a game of dwarf tossing?