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

[Ax^]

I've hear some shit from the fella

but seriously "won't someone think of the children"

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Anyway, I’m not going to continually repeat myself

Oh god, if only that were true.

 

[Athos]

Because it’s been reported with pics of that scene.

After watching it (which I enjoyed and thought was amazing) the scene in question could very well cause concern for parents of youngsters imo.

The diversity performance though excellent was very dark (as intended) so, although the complaints seemed high, should not perhaps be totally unexpected.

Anyway, I’m not going to continually repeat myself from innuendos.

Do you seriously think that concern that this is somehow inappropriate for very young children is what motivated the vast majority of the complaints? Honestly?

 

[Marty1]

yeh it will go where it meanders but not sure opening it with a rhetorical question is going to help the infant discussion grow

but i still think it's a mistake to highlight the number of complaints and imply that people could only not like it if they're wrong uns.

I agree, but if anything this performance will have increased BLM exposure further, which is a positive and no doubt intended despite these complaints.

 

[Pickman's model]

I agree, but if anything this performance will have increased BLM exposure further, which is a positive and no doubt intended despite these complaints.

If you agree I withdraw the comment, i must have been mistaken

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Can you understand parents concerns regarding family viewing, perhaps not suitable for little ones seeing a dancer dressed as a policeman kneeling on someone’s neck?

Fuck off you horrible cunt.

 

[Marty1]

Fuck off you horrible cunt.

^ Vile internet yob ^

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

^ Vile internet yob ^

Better that than an apologist for the right wing.

 

[Ax^]

^ Vile internet yob ^

and you are a right wing apologist..


also a right wing snowflake Marty1





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[Pickman's model]

^ Vile internet yob ^

Feeble

 

[Clair De Lune]

I can't bear to watch any kind of dance or musicals...they make me cringe. I think its cos when I was in art college we were forced to go yo the performances the performing arts students put on to fill seats.

 

[editor]

Because it’s been reported with pics of that scene.

After watching it (which I enjoyed and thought was amazing) the scene in question could very well cause concern for parents of youngsters imo.

But - speaking as a parent, of course - you're OK with kids watching Westerns, sci-fi films and the like where bad guys regularly get shot or hurt, and you're just fine with cartoons that feature knockabout violence throughout, but you simply draw the line at a screengrab of an artistic dance performance that contains no actual violence?

 

[Treacle Toes]

Can you understand parents concerns regarding family viewing, perhaps not suitable for little ones seeing a dancer dressed as a policeman kneeling on someone’s neck?

Ofcom will not investigate Diversity's BGT performance after 24,000 complaints

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom say they won't be taking any action against Britain's Got Talent after Diversity's Black Lives Matter inspired performance

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...because of course...every single one of those people are so outraged about violence and racism that they are actively anti-racist in their everyday lives because they absolutely will not let theirs or anyone else's kids experience it or have to witness it and make no mistake!

 

[scifisam]

The "think of the children" thing was posted on a friend's Facebook comments the other day. But the only kids that might possibly be disturbed by the image of a policeman kneeling on someone would be too young to realise that's what was on show, for all of the ten or so seconds that was part of the dance. Any kid who recognised that image, or "black lives matter" as a political slogan rather than just a truism, must already know about the situations the performance was referencing.

I can't bear to watch any kind of dance or musicals...they make me cringe. I think its cos when I was in art college we were forced to go yo the performances the performing arts students put on to fill seats.

Heh, I kinda feel the same way, so I was surprised by how much I've liked Diversity when I've seen them.

 

[Orang Utan]

I can't bear to watch any kind of dance or musicals...they make me cringe. I think its cos when I was in art college we were forced to go yo the performances the performing arts students put on to fill seats.

aye, this routine is well cringey - far too on the nose - had to watch behind my cushion - but still, fuck the nobheads complaining to ofcom about it

 

[Reno]

I too found the Diversity number embarrassing to watch and I generally enjoy musicals and dance. Obviously I don't find its politics offensive but it's a good example of the best intentions often resulting in bad art. It's a talent show product which may look impressive if you have no reference points for what a good modern dance piece looks like. There is a reason why Diversity perform at Butlins and not at Sadlers Wells.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I too found the Diversity number embarrassing to watch and I generally enjoy musicals and dance. Obviously I don't find its politics offensive but it's a good example of the best intentions often resulting in bad art. It's a talent show product which may look impressive if you have no reference points for what a good modern dance piece looks like. There is a reason why Diversity perform at Butlins and not at Sadlers Wells.

Ooh, I didn't know Sadlers Wells put on performances of street dance. I shall look out for those. Seriously.

 

[scifisam]

I too found the Diversity number embarrassing to watch and I generally enjoy musicals and dance. Obviously I don't find its politics offensive but it's a good example of the best intentions often resulting in bad art. It's a talent show product which may look impressive if you have no reference points for what a good modern dance piece looks like. There is a reason why Diversity perform at Butlins and not at Sadlers Wells.

I think one of the reasons is that they want to take dance as an art to places that might not otherwise see it in person. And you might well have seen dance performances at Sadler's Wells, but I bet you've never actually seen any at Butlins.

 

[Reno]

Ooh, I didn't know Sadlers Wells put on performances of street dance. I shall look out for those. Seriously.

Please do:

Breakin' Convention 21 - International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre - Sadler's Wells Theatre

Breakin' Convention 21 - International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre - Sadler's Wells Theatre

www.sadlerswells.com

 

[Reno]

I think one of the reasons is that they want to take dance as an art to places that might not otherwise see it in person. And you might well have seen dance performances at Sadler's Wells, but I bet you've never actually seen any at Butlins.

What gets sold to audiences as great art or entertainment on talent shows, usually can't hack it when up against the real thing. Diversity is to street dance what Susan Boyle is to singing. There certainly is technical skill but not the ideas and good judgement, which comes with genuine artistic talent. This type of act needs the competition angle and a human interest story to bamboozle a tv audience into believing that these people are more than moderately talented reality show celebs.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Please do:

Breakin' Convention 21 - International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre - Sadler's Wells Theatre

Breakin' Convention 21 - International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre - Sadler's Wells Theatre

www.sadlerswells.com

Oh, is "hip hop" the same as "street dance"?

I know so little, I amaze myself, sometimes.

 

[freakydave]

What gets sold to audiences as great art or entertainment on talent shows, usually can't hack it when up against the real thing. Diversity is to street dance what Susan Boyle is to singing. There certainly is technical skill but not the ideas and good judgement, which comes with genuine artistic talent. This type of act needs the competition angle and a human interest story to bamboozle a tv audience into believing that these people are more than moderately talented reality show celebs.

I don't think that anyone is calling it great art though. I generally don't mind that there is a cheesy version of good stuff for Saturday night TV because it's deliberately broad and mass market.
I guess that it would be better if they had 'proper' stuff on these mass market shows, but like you said, that's the same for the singing and probably the other acts on there.

These shows baffle me because they would work once every 5 years or something so it was a bunch of new and weird stuff, but just as a thing every year, it must be so repetitive

 

[freakydave]

The idea that it was the simulated violence that was disturbing doesn't make sense since you see much worse in Saturday afternoon films like Indiana Jones or the WW2 films etc

 

[Pickman's model]

The idea that it was the simulated violence that was disturbing doesn't make sense since you see much worse in Saturday afternoon films like Indiana Jones or the WW2 films etc

that doesn't make any sense whatsoever: what i or you see and feel does not have any bearing on what other people feel, who may not have seen these films

 

[freakydave]

that doesn't make any sense whatsoever: what i or you see and feel does not have any bearing on what other people feel, who may not have seen these films

But apparently people were objecting to this dance performance because it portrayed a policeman kneeling on a civilian's neck. If they don't think that that level of violence belongs on Saturday evening television, then surely people being shot and blown up definitely shouldn't be on in the afternoon when more kids etc are going to be watching

edit: I don't think that anyone was actually upset by the level of violence in the routine, I have always found it interesting how totally acceptable it is to have people being shot and killed as part of kids entertainment, but that's another story...

 

[Ax^]

did they not have a stripper on one of Simon Cowells shitty tv shows a few years back


that got around 70 complaints

 

[Pickman's model]

?

But apparently people were objecting to this dance performance because it portrayed a policeman kneeling on a civilian's neck. If they don't think that that level of violence belongs on Saturday evening television, then surely people being shot and blown up definitely shouldn't be on in the afternoon when more kids etc are going to be watching

edit: I don't think that anyone was actually upset by the level of violence in the routine, I have always found it interesting how totally acceptable it is to have people being shot and killed as part of kids entertainment, but that's another story...

when do you think tom and jerry should be shown?

 

[Reno]

Oh, is "hip hop" the same as "street dance"?

I know so little, I amaze myself, sometimes.

It is

Doesn’t matter what genre, if it’s genuinely great modern dance, you’ll see it at Sadlers Wells. What you won’t see is talent show dance acts who tell you what to think and feel via loudspeakers

 

[belboid]

This a more than a tad patronising. I’ve seen plenty of modern dance, award winning stuff,and the diversity piece was just as good, technically, as many of them. Yes it’s flashy and too much acrobatics for my taste, but that is, to a large extent, because it is a consparatively mainstream piece for a mass audience, not one aimed at the middle class dance aficionados.

 

[freakydave]

?
when do you think tom and jerry should be shown?

I wasn't saying that it shouldn't be shown, I was saying that the violence argument is a ridiculous complaint because 'mild' simulated violence is all over television