Guilbert
Tuesday 5th November 2013 3:01pm [Edited]
87 posts
Quote: Lazzard @ 2nd November 2013, 10:57 AM GMT
I do find all this mock horror and outrage at people's behaviour - in a time when attitudes were 100% different to those held today - a little self-indulgent.
Talking of attitudes being different in the 60s and 70s to what they are today, and as this is a comedy web site this seems rather relevant.
I was watching a Benny Hill tribute program on TV the other day (Gold I think) and they showed a short sketch.
It featured a girl tied to a red Indian totem pole, with her clothes all ripped and torn, and showing a fair amount of flesh.
Benny Hill came walking on dressed as a cowboy.
"What's the problem" he asked
"Help" says the girl " I have just been ravaged by a dozen red Indians".
Benny Hill looks at her for a moment, and then begins to take his trousers off and says "Not your lucky day is it".
Can you imagine them making and showing a sketch like this today, there would be an outcry, virtually condoning rape.
I must admit it rather shocked me, seeing it after all these years and remembering what was shown as entertainment back then.