Matt Lucas
- 51 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Slapstick Festival online events during August
Bristol's annual Slapstick festival of silent and classic comedy is adding a choice of celebrity-led live online events to the series of archive treasures it has been sharing via its YouTube channel since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020No joke: ironic racism in comedy is just not funny
From Matt Lucas and David Walliams's Little Britain to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat, the idea that it's OK to be racist to mock racism is naive and dangerous
Jason Okundaye, The Guardian, 24th July 2020Minister: BBC 'taking political correctness' too far
Media minister John Whittingdale said while some shows from the 1960s are now 'wholly unacceptable', he was surprised to see Little Britain removed.
The Express and Star, 21st July 2020Little Britain set for reboot as podcast
David Walliams and Matt Lucas want to bring the show back as a podcast despite row over their use of blackface in the hit BBC show.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 12th July 2020Little Britain was offensive trash from the start
'Of its time', says the BBC, but was the early noughties shock-comedy acceptable even then?
Gary Ryan, NME, 15th June 2020Little Britain duo break their silence over blackface
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have issued a fresh apology for using blackface in Little Britain.
Chortle, 13th June 2020Blacking up: 'comedy' that dealt in contempt
Little Britain, removed from BBC streaming services, anticipated a coming vindictiveness.
Nick Cohen, The Guardian, 13th June 2020On the UK's belated reckoning with Little Britain
The comedy allowed viewers to laugh openly at the people already demonised or neglected by society.
Anoosh Chakelian, The New Statesman, 10th June 2020Little Britain: Should we switch off the past?
A debate's now going on about whether TV shows and films, like statues, should be removed if they seem to glorify a less enlightened past. Or should they be left, perhaps with some added context, so the prejudices of TV times gone by can help inform a more understanding future? There's no simple answer to that question. But it's still one that many people will be asking.
BBC, 10th June 2020Little Britain removed from streaming platforms
Hit BBC Three sketch show Little Britain has been removed from many streaming platforms, reportedly due to its use of cross-dressing and portrayals of ethnic minorities.
British Comedy Guide, 9th June 2020