It may have not made it, but that was only an 11th-hour wimp-out. It was still commissioned, produced, and of course released on DVD.
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Quote: chipolata @ July 16, 2007, 10:15 AMThe one area of PC censorship that does worry me is that nobody seems to have the balls to really take Islam to task, in the same way that the Life of Brian took Christianity to task thirty years ago. The rise of Islamic extremism, and the fact that an awful lot of so-called moderate Muslims agree with it, is one of todays big issues yet modern comedians and commissioning editors are petrified of dealing with it.
Right - who's up for it then? I've got this great plot - all I need is 3 co-writers.
Anyone remember this piece of racism from PC comedian Ben Elton in Blackadder Goes Forth?
Blackadder: There's something wrong with your fiancée.
Melchett: Oh my God, she's not Welsh, is she?
Hard to imagine the audience laughing as loudly at 'she's not Jamaican, is she?'
Godot, very true. Being Welsh, the fact that a busload of PC stress-and-anxiety counsellors haven't visited my town to offer help through my trauma is sadly telling of the times.
The question is why is it less offensive that the target is Welsh and not Jamacian?
It seems that the crucial part is not the joke but the minority targetted. I'll bet that most readers will not have realised this until you pointed it out. Most crusaders to eliminate racism (in all its forms?) wouldn't see the inconsistency in that position.
Society, particularly in regards to PC and racism, is just one hypocritical double-standard after another. Having grown up in an area which is now something ridiculous like 86% Muslim, I've seen and experienced countless instances of malicious racism from Muslims, particularly "the youth", towards others (particularly whites). But do any of the authorities at any level care? Not unless there's actual physical violence involved, and even then not a guarantee. One the other hand, if (for example) a white person is so much as suspected to be thinking something "racist" (whether it's actually offensive or not), then 'they' can't complain fast enough. More distressing is that the related authorities then follow it right through as seriously as it could get.
Just an observation of course, but I fear an all too commonly accurate one.
I think the only way to get around the sensors is, unfortunatly, to do something in the extreame like Cartman in south park. You have to say 'Ok, this character is going to be like this, but you're not supposed to like them anyway so it's OK.'
Quote: ajp29 @ July 15, 2007, 3:17 PMWhy didn't I think of this earlier? PC ruined Elle Ello as they canceled it because of complaints that it made fun of the French. I think if anyone on the planet is entitled to make fun of the French it is definately the British.
I thought they cancelled it because it wasn't funny.
At least you have a couple of hours head start before Aaron reads that 
*glares*
Anyway Adam, it's called 'Allo 'Allo!, not Elle Ello. >_<
(But yes. The change in what was acceptable in comedy was the final bullet to the show, I think. The fact that actors started dying didn't help of course, but y'know, there are ways around such inconveniences!)
You say 'Allo 'Allo I say Elle Ello coz i'm dyslexic and stuff. I should have imdbed it before I posted sorry everyone.
Or even BSG'd it. 