I've said before, my middle class trot university lecturer parents thought Johnny Speight and Alf Garnett were great but none of my black mates at school watched it. It didn't succesfully use humour to attack racism and did at least as much harm as good.
The comedian who does Al Murray? Also known as Al Murray.
the oxford educated Alastair James Hay Murray
I agree that using that kind of approach can backfire in many ways. Art produced in that manner can be a useful tool for some to question their own prejudices. But if it simply further alienates those it thinks it’s batting for then yeah, perhaps time to rethink.
The first singing Billy Bass was ace BTW! Diminishing returns after that though…
Yeah, Jethro was another one milking the “banned from the telly’ thing, too blue for the been or something. I can remember someone trying to hawk his crap at me as though it was some kind of secret forbidden knowledge.
I spent my early teens with arseholes chucking Alf Garnett impressions at me ... “Bloody coons!”
if the office junior's in their 20s quite possibly never heard of his reputation. approves the booking thinking just any other comedian. then a fuss is kicked up in public and that's the first management know about it.
Office junior is not going to be booking events
Fuck off, you rockabilly little cunt
