The politically correct folk turn their attentions to Only Fools and Horses?

chroniclard said:
mmm it was amusing 30 years ago, who cares these days?
Click to expand...

I still find Only Fools and Horses funny, but then to be fair, I'm an old fart born from the humour of the 70s and 80s. Cant say that I am at all surprised to see the authors appearance in the photo on the article though. She fits the stereotype of her kind every inch that I fit the stereotype of mine :)
 
Tombstone said:
I still find Only Fools and Horses funny, but then to be fair, I'm an old fart born from the humour of the 70s and 80s. Cant say that I am at all surprised to see the authors appearance in the photo on the article though. She fits the stereotype of her kind every inch that I fit the stereotype of mine :)
Click to expand...

Used to love it, cant watch it these days without cringing though. The article doesn't seem overly critical to be honest.

Times change.
 
chroniclard said:
Used to love it, cant watch it these days without cringing though. The article doesn't seem overly critical to be honest.

Times change.
Click to expand...

Seems like a very critical article to me..

"To say it was a disaster from the start would only be minutely unfair"

"immediately sets the sinister tone for yet another racist and sexist show."

"And the discrimination only grew worse"

Seems pretty critical. Perhaps I look back at Only Fools with rose tinted glasses, or perhaps I unwisely am protective of a legendary British tv institution (in both the show and the likes of the actors and actresses who took part in it) or just protective of something from my youth that I enjoyed so much or perhaps I'm just tired of university age youths virtue signalling and seeming to actually go looking for things to target, but Only Fools has just never struck me as a tv show that I would label as racist, sexist and full of discrimination.

Perhaps it is and its just that I'm from a generation with different values and dont acknowledge it though.
 
Just dismiss the whiners and remember it fondly. I won't be watching it again because it will taint my memories. It was from a different time and attitudes have changed for the better.
 
chroniclard said:
Just dismiss the whiners and remember it fondly. I won't be watching it again because it will taint my memories. It was from a different time and attitudes have changed for the better.
Click to expand...

Thats fair comment..I am out of place in this world today. An outdated dinosaur who has no place in modern society, you're right, I am better to remember it fondly, keep my head down and my opinions quiet and just see my life out as just a guy who is out of time :)
 
The iconic three-wheeled Trotters van panning out to views over high rise council estates based in Peckham (that were actually in Acton) set the scene for a vibrant, charismatic comedy.

And in many ways, I am sure it is.
Click to expand...

She says that a scene where poorer people live offer a vibrant, charismatic comedy.

That's a bit rich isn't it.
 
I doubt Allo Allo would be fine these days, with Rene's constant "You stupid woman...." when trying to explain to his wife why another woman had her tongue down his throat...

But more on topic...I'm not sure the Turbinator gag would work these days :p
 
All this censoring the past is annoying. Maybe we shouldn't teach the war in schools any more after all the Germans were more than a bit mean to Jewish people.

My opinion, don't like it don't watch it.
 
About time we got rid of dirge like this ............................................... checks I've still got my boxset first.

It is getting a bit stupid now.
Even getting rid of Alf Garnett is daft because he ALWAYS lost.
 
Raz said:
I doubt Allo Allo would be fine these days, with Rene's constant "You stupid woman...." when trying to explain to his wife why another woman had her tongue down his throat...

But more on topic...I'm not sure the Turbinator gag would work these days :p
Click to expand...

Allo allo would be a nightmare to try and get made today, I mean it would be considered racist (because of the portrayal of the German characters, the Italian character, the French characters) , sexist because of the attitude toward the women and their portrayal as sex objects, homophobic because of the portrayal of that tank guy (dont remember his name) and about a dozen different charges of cultural appropriation. No tv company would dare make it today.

I'm still rather amazed that the traditional Christmas pantomime is even allowed this year, given the men dressed as women and vice versa and various sexist gags in pantomimes
 
Did the series overlap with Margaret Thatchers premiership (please come back all is forgiven) ? women who had made it to the the top on the basis of intellect not some kind of PC leg-up.

Raz said:
I doubt Allo Allo would be fine these days, with Rene's constant "You stupid woman...." when trying to explain to his wife why another woman had her tongue down his throat...
Click to expand...
This was a matriarchy though .. they were somewhat hen-picked , the homosexual stereotype perhaps more problematic.

... I suppose men behaving badly never purported to be anything else.
 
Some Gen-Z girl is upset at a show that was created before she was born. Surely she has better things to do with her life.

I bet she likes 'Emily in Paris' though.
 
Last edited:
The only point I have on this subject is, why care enough to respond to it?

These people wouldn't have nearly the amount of attention if they were just ignored.
 
chroniclard said:
mmm it was amusing 30 years ago, who cares these days?
Click to expand...

That’s about my take as well.
I used to look forward to watching it, it was well written and of its time, but I wouldn’t rush home from the pub to catch it, neither would I record it, if I knew it was on, I’d watch it.
Now, if I channel surf to see what’s on, I give it the same wide berth as I give “Homes under the Hammer”, “Green Green grass of Home”, or any cooking or home buying show.
I lived in South London in the 70s and 80s, I know what it was like, I don’t need to be reminded by a troup of thespians, desperately trying to act as Cockney geezers, and missing by a mile.
 
What's next Dads Army?

I can rewatch classics over and over again more than I can watch today's television.

I'm sure the article got enough rage clicks to serve its purpose. With the special's about to air the timing couldn't be better.

Anyway who gives a crud what any Journalist thinks this days? That's goes for all Media.
 
Although I agree with the sentiment that times change and things made decades ago haven't aged well, articles like this are pointless. It's like saying water is wet and being outraged over it.
 
Jean-F said:
That’s about my take as well.
I used to look forward to watching it, it was well written and of its time, but I wouldn’t rush home from the pub to catch it, neither would I record it, if I knew it was on, I’d watch it.
Now, if I channel surf to see what’s on, I give it the same wide berth as I give “Homes under the Hammer”, “Green Green grass of Home”, or any cooking or home buying show.
I lived in South London in the 70s and 80s, I know what it was like, I don’t need to be reminded by a troup of thespians, desperately trying to act as Cockney geezers, and missing by a mile.
Click to expand...

That's my sentiment exactly.

Wasn't the series filmed in Bristol?
Pretty sure when I was on a trip there it was part of the Bristol Tour facts.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom