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Originally Posted by Hugh
"woke" is the 2020's version of "politically correct"...
You can tell a lot about people if they use it...  |
Do you think that wokeism is counter productive (as I do)?
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Originally Posted by Pierre
TPTV is a great channel.
Judging movies through time by today’s standards is pathetic, and anyone doing such should be listened to and then ignored, for being an idiot.
Revisionism is a very dangerous path.
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Totally agree.
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These are the details of a letter sent to Ofcom by the former chairman of the BBC, Lord Grade. It's from
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...sides-culture/ which is mostly behind a paywall:
Ofcom must not "take sides in the culture war" by banning blackface on TV, a former chairman of the BBC has warned.
Lord Grade of Yarmouth has written to the regulator saying that its investigation into a family-run television channel for showing a 1970s TV programme could set a "dangerous precedent".
The media watchdog is investigating whether Talking Pictures TV breached standards by broadcasting an episode of Rogue's Rock on Boxing Day. The comedy adventure show, known for outlandish plots, ran for three series on ITV in the mid-1970s.
In a letter to Dame Melanie Dawes, the Ofcom chief executive – seen by The Telegraph, Lord Grade said he is "deeply troubled" by the investigation and warns that any sanction would "ultimately be politically correct censorship".
It is understood the regulator launched its investigation, which is ongoing, after a single complaint about the channel.
Lord Grade said: "It risks Ofcom being seen to take sides in the national debate, or culture war as some might describe it. Worse, it risks ridicule. There is a national debate raging about how we acknowledge our past, in statues, in historic buildings and museums etc. Some of this debate is healthy, some not."
Lord Grade said the investigation served only to "patronise, infantilise and demean" the intelligence of the audience, and if Ofcom sanctioned Talking Pictures it would also have to ban Gone With the Wind and Orson Welles' Othello.
He warned the regulator not to follow in the footsteps of the National Trust, which "is under intense and formal scrutiny for its alleged 'woke proselytising'."
Lord Grade said the Trust has failed to recognise that what appeared to be public debate "is the attempt by extreme political activists to impose their narrow and destructive agenda and taste on the rest of us". He added: "I seek reassurance that your pursuit of Talking Pictures is not evidence that Ofcom is being 'captured'."
Talking Pictures TV, run by father and daughter in Watford, attracts 3.5 million viewers a week. It faces a fine if it is found to have breached broadcasting standards. Lord Grade said the channel "adds greatly" to viewers' choice and introduces younger audiences to "the very different, historic social attitudes inherent" in shows of yesteryear.
As a result of broadcasting content made "before society embraced diversity and multi-culturalism" it will "inevitably breach what are today regarded as acceptable standards", he said. But he added that deciding to investigate and potentially punish the channel "is a serious error of judgment and a very worrying precedent".
While there is a line about what it is and is not acceptable, it is down to the broadcaster not the regulator to make that decision, Lord Grade said.
"What next? Will Ofcom want to see Olivier's Richard III banned since he only pretended to be physically handicapped?" he asked. "Under your Talking Pictures probe, to be consistent, you MUST make sure Gone with the Wind is locked in the vault for its stereotypical portrayal (an Oscar-winning performance) of a black maid servant. Another one for your hit list: Orson Welles blacked up to play Othello in his movie.
"We, the audience, are not so stupid that we do not understand full well that these films and TV shows were the product of another age (the scratchy black and white prints are a clue)."
A spokesman for Ofcom said: "Our investigation is in its early stages and we have not yet drawn any conclusions about whether the content has or has not breached broadcasting rules."