Should the UK remove comedy sketches that don't meet today's cultural standards from the archives?
The BBC has removed 11 sketches from the 2006-2010 series That Mitchell and Webb Look on iPlayer for its 20th anniversary, deeming them no longer suitable for modern audiences. The cuts include scenes with blackface satire, burka jokes, and other content that parodied racism or stereotypes, following similar actions on shows like Little Britain in 2020. This reflects ongoing shifts in broadcasting standards since the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement.
4 Opinions
No! History is what it is and made us who we are. We should examine our past laugh if it’s funny or understand why we changed if it isn’t
Thank goodness the BBC Ministry of Truth is here to protect our fragile eyeballs from 2008. Deleting Mitchell and Webb sketches because executives think the public are toddlers who can't grasp satire is embarrassing... Satirising bigotry isn't the same as promoting it. Slap a content warning on it if needed, and let viewers decide if they are too precious or not to deal with it.
Hell no, some of them are very, very funny. Much better than today's proposals. Only idiots remove own culture's history.
If you vote yes to this you should be deported whether you’re a citizen or not. Where to? I don’t mind. Maybe Antarctica?