Quote: bushbaby @ August 28 2010, 4:15 PM BSTI guess I must mix with the right crowd then
It amazes me that you don't seem to be able to go one thread without making an off-colour comment like this yet you're perplexed as to why professionals are rejecting your 'cross-cultural' scripts.
As ever Bussell strikes that nail bang on the head
I think it was more of a class thing than a racist thing. Innit being frightfully common after all.
Quote: Marc P @ September 1 2010, 2:42 PM BSTI think it was more of a class thing than a racist thing. Innit being frightfully common after all.
Yours sincerely Mohammed Peterson
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Quote: Marc P @ September 1 2010, 2:42 PM BSTI think it was more of a class thing than a racist thing. Innit being frightfully common after all.
True but I wasn't making a statement about bushbaby being racist, simply suggesting that it might be faux pas like the above that give people the impression she might be. And that's no way to get a commission.
Micheal, seeing as you're here and stuff and that - what's the deal with the CBeebies workshop? The words invite only scare me somewhat. Could doing well in All Mixed Up propel me into a workshop place, or is it a separate entity where you already have a few names and faces in mind?
Quote: David Bussell @ September 1 2010, 3:03 PM BSTTrue but I wasn't making a statement about bushbaby being racist, simply suggesting that it might be faux pas like the above that give people the impression she might be. And that's no way to get a commission.
I put it to you M'Lud 
Fair play.
Quote: Splodge @ September 1 2010, 3:05 PM BSTMicheal, seeing as you're here and stuff and that - what's the deal with the CBeebies workshop? The words invite only scare me somewhat. Could doing well in All Mixed Up propel me into a workshop place, or is it a separate entity where you already have a few names and faces in mind?
Sorry if the CBeebies thing is unclear. It's a completely separate venture to the competition, it's something I've been planning with the channel, and between us we are coming up with an invitation list of writers. It's a combination of college experience in running workshops at the service of a particular project, rather than a free-for-all application process.
Quote: Micheal Jacob @ September 1 2010, 3:11 PM BSTSorry if the CBeebies thing is unclear. It's a completely separate venture to the competition, it's something I've been planning with the channel, and between us we are coming up with an invitation list of writers. It's a combination of college experience in running workshops at the service of a particular project, rather than a free-for-all application process.
Cool. That explains everything.
I've never had any previous dealings with CBeebies, so no anxious inbox checking for me - I'll just get on with writing something for All Mixed Up instead.
Quote: Marc P @ September 1 2010, 2:42 PM BSTI think it was more of a class thing than a racist thing. Innit being frightfully common after all.
Being a complete arse, after reading Bussells post earlier I almost put:
*Waits for Marc P to leap to Bushbabys defence astride his white charger*
And sure enough-!
Just explaining what I think she meant - and I bet I am right
Quote: Marc P @ September 1 2010, 3:26 PM BSTJust explaining what I think she meant - and I bet I am right
I think you may have a thing for her, Marc; a sexy thing.
I think some of you are taking it a bit too literally.
I think the contest is just looking for a script that presents a multi-cultural image of London which, to be fair, is what London is - very multi-culture.
Don't think it's racist or trying to be politically correct or anything like that.
I don't think it has to be set in London.