The Mail's picking fights for no other reason than it's a BBC show--the paper has long considered the Beeb a target for its alleged "liberal bias" and overspending, not to mention the license fee and the alleged "dumbing down" of its programming when they want to take the higher ground. Despite their self-righteous stand on the boys' allegedly-racist antics, sometimes I think the Mail would gladly applaud the return of "The Black and White Minstrel Show" to the BBC airwaves (yep, white Brits in blackface impersonating U.S. blacks of another era--and I believe it ran into the 80s on BBC1).
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:06 AM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > I've not seen the episode yet, as BBCA is my means of access to the Top > Gear mothership. I may have to wait for the DVDs, as previous sustained > nation-specific piling on has been edited from TG prior to making BBCA. > > Since the British press, at least the Mail, seems as interested in picking > fights as in reporting, Kevin's scenario is certainly plausible. But given > the nature of the trio's jokes, I'd wager that the setup was underdone. > For instance, I only recall the incident involving Hammond, and while I > don't watch the most TG on this list, I've seen a fair amount. So without > some help from the boys, I wouldn't have gone with it being a joke on them. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kevin M. <[email protected]> > ** > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Apparently the new Top Gear Christmas special > will be extra edited for BBCA > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:06 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Clarkson apparently wants to piss off more countries than the Simpsons > did. > > Thing is, that program wasn't trying... > > > > The URL is arguably spolier-y for those outside the U.K., so I'm using a > > shortener. http://bit.ly/rYdraH > > > > Like they said in This is Spinal Tap, there's a fine line between clever > and > > stupid. Clarkson fails to realize he's made his living firmly on one > side > > of that line, not straddling it. > > To be clear, again without spoiling anything, the joke was that the > British presenters were going to be in need of the device, due to the > fact they have been in need of one in nearly all the overseas specials > (most notably Richard Hammond while en route to the Baby Jesus). The > joke was on the trio, not on an ethnic group. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
