tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116722022158721473.post2382251213633685087..comments2019-11-01T07:34:39.321-07:00Comments on Not short of something to say: Comic Relief or Comic Flop?EmmaBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251907114970093617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116722022158721473.post-89450529543619582852013-03-22T05:20:50.494-07:002013-03-22T05:20:50.494-07:00If Lenny Henry says 'it 'cos I'm black...If Lenny Henry says 'it 'cos I'm black init!?' or if Adam Hills makes a one legged joke THEY making the joke. That is a crucial difference to someone else making the joke ABOUT the fact that they are black or one legged.<br /><br />I'm sure no one forced the short statured people to demean themselves by dressing up as leprechauns, fall over and be picked up like 'toddlers' - but the sketch was demeaning because of its very nature. <br /><br />Perhaps those individuals need the money or wanted to be on TV more than they wanted to preserve the credibility that short people are human beings rather than objects of fun? Some people have more principles than others.<br /><br />There are good jokes about disability and I'd be the first to laugh at them. Then there are jokes that don't work, the portrayal of the short people in the Peter Kay sketch just didn't work. Certainly within the context of a programme which promotes anti bullying it was totally inappropriate.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!<br /><br />PS I didn't laugh at Dame Edna because she wears glasses, her funniness is all in her/his facial expression which is comic genius.EmmaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251907114970093617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116722022158721473.post-20284404231716123812013-03-22T02:26:47.410-07:002013-03-22T02:26:47.410-07:00So am I not allowed to laugh at a Lenny Henry sayi...So am I not allowed to laugh at a Lenny Henry saying "it's 'cos I'm black init!"? <br />When Adam Hill makes a one legged joke do I have to be ashamed because I find it funny?<br />I'm sorry but I didn't see anyone forcing the "group of short statured people" to take part. If the sketch was so offensive then why did they agree to be in it and more to the point why haven't you questioned THEIR motives for doing so rather than blaming Peter Kay, Comic Relief or the BBC? <br />As viewers we can only assume that the participants in sketches who poke fun at themselves do so because they want us to laugh with them be they tall, short, fat, thin or anything else. <br />If we all choose to take offence at jokes about something that has affected us personally and use that as a justification for saying that it shouldn't be shown then there will be no comedy. I spent many a school break being bullied and taunted with terms like "four eyes" and "speccie", I was made to feel ashamed because I had poor eye sight, but YOU laughed out loud at Dame Edna with her trade mark comedy glasses, and these are just a prop, Barry Humphries doesn't actually need glasses . . . Hilarious! <br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082003787320636149noreply@blogger.com