Dance troupe Diversity's Black Lives Matter performance receives 24,000 complaints

[Ax^]

It's disappointing that as much as everyone wants me to be making right wing arguments, I haven't been.

no its like explaining to my 64 year old da

why he is not part of the problem the BLM is protesting.


even if he hold racist views that i argue with him about quite a bit

 

[8ball]

It's disappointing that as much as everyone wants me to be making right wing arguments, I haven't been.

Oh, go on, go on, go on, go on.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Oh, go on, go on, go on, go on.

If only more white people were shot...

 

[Petcha]

Been trying to avoid watching it, partly because I hate contemporary dance (if that’s what it is, I also avoid ITV), and partly because it will likely make me despise 24,000 people when I don’t really have the energy, but your comment is making me feel like I need more context.

I assume each performance is highly vetted. They must have known it would be controversial, to their cunty saturday night viewers and also their advertisers. Still, I'm sure their YouTube channel has been getting millions of hits!

And it would be a very brave jobsworth at Ofcom to actually take action on this.

 

[Petcha]

It's also worth pointing out other issues were 'covered' in the performance

 

[8ball]

I assume each performance is highly vetted. They must have known it would be controversial, to their cunty saturday night viewers and also their advertisers. Still, I'm sure their YouTube channel has been getting millions of hits!

And it would be a very brave jobsworth at Ofcom to actually take action on this.

I can’t comment, not having watched it (yet - punching it up now), but the murder of George Floyd seems exactly like the sort of thing you might expect a young dance group of that ilk to be commenting on through their medium.

But I get how an early evening ITV primetime slot might make some telly more execs nervous.

 

[Ax^]

which is why its the only time i will give that piece of shit show even a piece of credit

 

[Ax^]

things that would make me watch BGT

Ant getting his eyes blown out by a freak Paintball marksmanship stunt

 

[8ball]

which is why its the only time i will give that piece of shit show even a piece of credit

I just watched it.

Very impressive and brilliantly choreographed. My only gripe is that the message is a bit cloyingly optimistic, but that’s early evening ITV.

Whatever set off the frenzy of complaining isn’t all that obvious, unless it was just the phrase “black lives matter”, or simply touching on the subject at all.

 

[Ax^]

the phrase BLM, touching on the subject and maybe feeling uncomfortable whilst eating their eggs

 

[8ball]

the phrase BLM, touching on the subject and maybe feeling uncomfortable whilst eating their eggs

I think maybe also the metaphor with the kicking over the riot shields.

 

[8ball]

Also, <reaching hard for a bright side> 24,000 confirmed twats out of however many millions watch that programme is a small proportion tbf.

As an aside, another significant video of the year I haven’t watched is the murder of George Floyd. The descriptions are unbearable enough. 8 mins 46 seconds. Ugh.

Kudos to Diversity for making some of the right people feel uncomfortable.

 

[Ax^]

Kicking straight into them unproductive

are regular BGT viewers to dim to see this

 

[8ball]

Kicking straight into them unproductive

are regular BGT viewers to dim to see this

Not sure if this is mid-edit or whether I’m just too dim to parse this properly.

 

[Ax^]

wander off had, not refreshed
the page before hitting enter


still stands if you could kick over a riot shield why would you not

 

[8ball]

wander off had, not refreshed
the page before hitting enter


still stands if you could kick over a riot shield why would you not

I figured a lot of people could have made a connection between that and “defund the police”.

 

[gosub]

i'm actually disappointed in this thread

and i've been involved in some train wrecks

Agree, 4 pages and nobodies pointed out they were blatantly infringing social distancing guidelines, and that was before the current change in guidelines. Defo more than 6 youths, exactly the sort of thing the Home Secretary reckons should be reported

 

[Miss-Shelf]

wander off had, not refreshed
the page before hitting enter


still stands if you could kick over a riot shield why would you not

are you being deliberately poetic?

Kicking straight into them unproductive

are regular BGT viewers to dim to see this

 

[ska invita]

I agree though, with you most probably. What annoys me is that the argument is against white people for being lucky not to be shot, rather than constructions of power. The House of Saud aren't White. Neither are the rulers of China, North Korea, Iran or the Philippines. Yet I've got to wear some guilt badge? Fuck off, like.

yes, and within that construction of power is a thing called racism
im with you, attack all the power constructs...racism is one of them though, and if people who are on the sharp end of that particular one - in this case BLM - fight back on it, the answer isnt Whataboutery, its yes im with you lets kick it over... and build connections to kick over others too.

its not, to reference another thread, my office door is open, come back when youre interested in the other power constructs

 

[krtek a houby]

The funny thing is, some of the cops involved with the death of George Floyd could be considered BAME. So why is it being racialised in this way? Surely the starting point, if that was it, is racist cops vs marginalised black people rather than all this white privileged shit all over again.

All lives matter?

 

[belboid]

Sad that this has become about a sad,pseudo-left, criticism of BLM rather than about the power and potency of the dance routine. To want to pretend that any of the thousands of complaints were made on that basis is utterly unbelievable and anyone arguing that us doing so in complete bad faith and have no interested in opposing racism.

 

[krtek a houby]

Sad that this has become about a sad,pseudo-left, criticism of BLM rather than about the power and potency of the dance routine. To want to pretend that any of the thousands of complaints were made on that basis is utterly unbelievable and anyone arguing that us doing so in complete bad faith and have no interested in opposing racism.

Pure speculation, but I wonder if many of the complaints were part of some kind of online right wing strategy?

The name of the dance troupe is clearly going to set some off, even before they seen the piece in question.

 

[belboid]

Pure speculation, but I wonder if many of the complaints were part of some kind of online right wing strategy?

The name of the dance troupe is clearly going to set some off, even before they seen the piece in question.

of course they were. as someone said earlier, only a third of the complaints were made straight after transmission. the rest are taking part in the culture war - anti-racism is bad and cultural marxism. After all, if we're going to show anti-racism, we should be fair and show racism as well.

 

[skyscraper101]

Ofcom have called bullshit on the complaints.

 

[8ball]

Ofcom have called bullshit on the complaints.

Is there a rule about references to political organisations?

 

[skyscraper101]

Is there a rule about references to political organisations?

There's rules about political bias on network TV, but even if that accusation was made then it would've been nonsense.

 

[8ball]

There's rules about political bias on network TV, but even if that accusation was made then it would've been nonsense.

The wording seems to imply this was the basis for a lot of complaints. Probably the ones that came some time after the screening.
It also seems to be the weakest part of the rebuttal if that is actually a breach of regulations on some count (though if its just 'political bias', then that seems more shaky).

 

[Guineveretoo]

I've only got around to watching the performance. I thought it was fucking brilliant. Really moving and powerful. How on earth can anyone get so worked up about it*?

Diversity's BGT complaints soar above 24,000 almost breaking TV record

The performance is close to surpassing the TV's most complained about event of the decade

www.mirror.co.uk

(*rhetorical question!)

That is the first time I have seen the whole performance, and I think it is glorious. It has brought a tear to my eye (admittedly, lots of things do that these days, but still... )

I would be interested to see the reason for the complaints. I don't see how they can be legitimate. How can anyone be offended by it?

 

[8ball]

That is the first time I have seen the whole performance, and I think it is glorious. It has brought a tear to my eye (admittedly, lots of things do that these days, but still... )

I would be interested to see the reason for the complaints. I don't see how they can be legitimate. How can anyone be offended by it?

Shot in the dark: various parts of section 5 of the Ofcom broadcasting code could be used to argue that the routine was unduly biased against racist murder by the police.

That's really all I've got.

 

[Guineveretoo]

The wording seems to imply this was the basis for a lot of complaints. Probably the ones that came some time after the screening.
It also seems to be the weakest part of the rebuttal if that is actually a breach of regulations on some count (though if its just 'political bias', then that seems more shaky).

Surely political bias means to be biased for or against a political position/party.

Portraying a white police officer kneeling on a black man's neck while people took pictures with their phone is just replaying facts. Showing that people have been "taking the knee" is not political bias, it is just a fact. I mean, everything in it is replaying statements of fact. Even describing racism as a virus, although not really a statement of fact, can be argued as a valid statement and to be apolitical.

There is no way these complaints can be upheld.

Surely!