Just finished power, was fucking brilliant

The fuck does it matter? 
Ethnic chap in a medieval story, never mind the story might be fictional and they might be the best actor for the job.

8 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Apologies accepted. No, I definitely don't have a problem with black or mixed race kids in a TV show (or anywhere else for that matter).

I do have a problem with the virtue signalling mindset for positive discrimination which seems to be prevalent at the moment. It's reaching farcical levels with 'ethnic minorities' cropping up in medieval English drama's and the like; homosexuality in car adverts etc.

What next? Trannies on Songs of Praise?

I saw a black bloke play Hamlet a few years back.

A black bloke played Scrooge in a Christmas Carol down the Octagon last year. 
 

It’s called ‘acting’. It’s all pretend and made up. 

13 minutes ago, Spider said:

It’s called ‘acting’. It’s all pretend and made up. 

A bit like his faux outrage. 

 

Yeah - I don’t believe anyone really holds views like this when it comes to ads and TV shows.

To this end, you’d only have Shakespeare performed in one set time period, set genders and rigidly stick to this. As Spider says, it’s creativity - the joy of it is you can do whatever the hell you want.

Oh effing great! More Masked Singer.

40 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Oh effing great! More Masked Singer.

Alan Johnson having fun after retiring from Parliament then

Dancing on ice was ok before it went all puffery towards the end 

Guaranteed that number 11 bird in SAS Who Dares Wins has spent her entire adult life being told how fit and clever she is. Did not like getting told straight then.

3 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Dancing on ice was ok before it went all puffery towards the end 

Was that when barrymore set his hot tub up? 

Enjoying Giri/Haji

2 minutes ago, stevieb said:

Was that when barrymore set his hot tub up? 

Holly said to Barrymore “sorry to throw you in the deep end” bet that brought back memories 

12 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Guaranteed that number 11 bird in SAS Who Dares Wins has spent her entire adult life being told how fit and clever she is. Did not like getting told straight then.

That's what we're on now. 

14 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Guaranteed that number 11 bird in SAS Who Dares Wins has spent her entire adult life being told how fit and clever she is. Did not like getting told straight then.

“Your boring” 😀

bet she thought I’d flirt with these two 

12 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

“Your boring” 😀

bet she thought I’d flirt with these two 

Never been spoken to like that before! Bet she makes the final now.

So Johnny Vegas doesn't just act stupid. 

started Gavin & Stacey after watching the Xmas special, brilliant 

12 minutes ago, MickyD said:

So Johnny Vegas doesn't just act stupid. 

Ask the audience for that Halloween one. Good lord. A few of the later ones were tough though, and I was fucking clueless on a few of Ruth Jones’ questions. 

Comedians in cars getting coffee. 
Just the ticket when you want something easy watching.

16 hours ago, Spider said:

I saw a black bloke play Hamlet a few years back.

A black bloke played Scrooge in a Christmas Carol down the Octagon last year. 
 

It’s called ‘acting’. It’s all pretend and made up. 

Just for the record (and you can check back if you can find it), I want Idris Elba to be the next Bond.

All about context. Believable that Elba could be Bond. Not sure Barbara Euphan Todd would have envisaged her story being told this way.

You seem to be missing the point - it's the PC bollocks I am having a go at, not the actors.

 

Oh, and before I forget - I didn't get the significance of the farting scene in WG? Because kids laugh at farting? Did not think that particular bit was at all necessary and detracted from an otherwise excellent bit of TV.

Edited January 6, 20206 yr by bolty58

16 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Yeah - I don’t believe anyone really holds views like this when it comes to ads and TV shows.

To this end, you’d only have Shakespeare performed in one set time period, set genders and rigidly stick to this. As Spider says, it’s creativity - the joy of it is you can do whatever the hell you want.

So you reject the notion of positive discrimination being at play then?

It really has got nothing to do with it, and it’s odd you’d leap to that conclusion.

 

1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said:

It really has got nothing to do with it, and it’s odd you’d leap to that conclusion.

 

As you well know, I am odd.

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

As you well know, I am odd.

No P, it's "I, a Mod."

On 03/01/2020 at 10:17, Escobarp said:

Just finished series 2 of You. Loved it

Been binging on series 1. Really like it. Probably geared a bit more towards the ladies, but the dark side of the stalking is keeping me interested. And the sex!

14 hours ago, bolty58 said:

All about context. Believable that Elba could be Bond. Not sure Barbara Euphan Todd would have envisaged her story being told this way.

in what way though? it doesn't make sense, to me, unless you seem to think she wouldn't like black kids in her stories, which I'm sure you don't, so I don't get what you mean

and what makes you think Ian Fleming would've envisaged his story being told with a black guy playing Bond?

anyway, Elba is far too old, would have to be someone like Chadwick Boseman