FabSwingers.com forum: Is this offensive

By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Taken from tonight's Last Leg....

Is a white woman, blacking up and pretending she was blind offensive?

http://youtu.be/Md60KceUAjk

I don't think it is. Remember Leigh Francis and his Michael Jackson?

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By *livia_KWoman
over a year ago

South London

I missed The Last Leg tonight? Bollocks.

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By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

"I missed The Last Leg tonight? Bollocks."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh dear God.

I'm utterly, utterly speechless at that.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Why is it offensive for her to do that yet not offensive that the disabled person in glee is played by an able bodied actor? Or Leonardo DiCaprio plating an autistic kid in who ate Gilbert grape?

Or is the offence because she was a white person playing a black person? Does race trump disability?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"I missed The Last Leg tonight? Bollocks."

Watch it just for the end bit!!!

And for Mickey Flanagan, I think I love him!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why is it offensive for her to do that yet not offensive that the disabled person in glee is played by an able bodied actor? Or Leonardo DiCaprio plating an autistic kid in who ate Gilbert grape?

Or is the offence because she was a white person playing a black person? Does race trump disability? "

Why is that offensive? Did you hear her try to sing like Stevie Wonder?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Why is it offensive for her to do that yet not offensive that the disabled person in glee is played by an able bodied actor? Or Leonardo DiCaprio plating an autistic kid in who ate Gilbert grape?

Or is the offence because she was a white person playing a black person? Does race trump disability?

Why is that offensive? Did you hear her try to sing like Stevie Wonder?"

It's a look a like competition, not a sound a like lol

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

I think the offence goes back to the bad old days of blackface where white performers would black up and present black people as figures of fun.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British light entertainment show that ran on BBC television from 1958 to 1978 and was a popular stage show. It was a weekly light entertainment and variety show presenting traditional American minstrel and country songs, as well as show and music hall numbers, usually performed in blackface, and with lavish costumes.

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Yes and it was seen as offensive in the main by the black community.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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Michael Bates appeared in It Ain't Half Hot Mum from 1974 to 1977 as Rangi Ram. His role as Rangi Ram caused some controversy as it required Bates to be made-up with fake tan to look like an Indian, which he took to naturally as he was born in India and spoke Hindi fluently.

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