The BBC once again demonstrates it degeneracy.
The new BBC adaptation of Enid Blyton‘s Famous Five series has been criticised by some fans of the classic books for its costume design and electronic music score which they claim is ‘all over the place’.
The new series is based on Blyton’s 21 stories and will follow the adventures a group of young explorers – Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy.
The star studded cast includes Game Of Thrones star Jack Gleeson as well as Ann Akinjirin (I May Destroy You) James Lance (Ted Lasso, Bronson) as Quentin and Diana Quick (Father Brown, Forever Young, Houdini and Doyle) as Mrs Wentworth.
The series began last night with The Curse of Kirrin Island but viewer reaction to the show was mixed with particular criticism coming in for some of the stylistic choices.
As a child growing up in the late sixties, I remember these stories. George was a tomboy. We all knew exactly what that meant and we were content with that. Now, of course, George is trans and black. Of course, she is.
The BBC, not content with incongruously shoehorning a black man into an Agatha Christie story over Christmas, and turning Dr Who into a black gayer with a trans assistant, Enid Blyton’s work now gets the woke makeover. If anyone is now in any doubt whatsoever that this vile organisation is anything other than a propaganda machine, then this should eliminate those last vestiges.
Simon Webb also comments on this one.
Where once I was tolerant and could have overlooked the odd black person where they would probably not have been, or the odd gayer, now my tolerance has evaporated. If I see anything that is pushing diversity, then I will switch off or not watch in the first place. With the BBC, this is easy as I got rid of my licence and have no plans ever to have another. However, as more of us are doing this, the BBC digs in ever deeper. If we get a Labour government, they will reward this disgusting, degenerate organisation with a media tax levied on all of us. Just you wait and see.
And of course now we’ve got historical figures who were white portrayed in dramas by black people. So, we had Anne Boleyn played by a black actress. Yes, because in all those portraits of Anne Boleyn, she was black, wasn’t she?
And Sir Isaac Newton appeared in a recent episode of the tiresomely preachy Doctor Who, and sure enough Sir Isaac was played by a black actor.
It’s this ‘colour-blind’ casting thing, isn’t it? Well, how about making a biopic about Nelson Mandela and casting Liam Neeson as Mandela? How’s that for colour-blind casting?
The East Asians are conspicuous by their absence.
China Towns have been erased from history.
Couldn’t get ‘The Chinese Detective’ made now…
I think it’s pure laziness. There have always been people of ethnic minorities in Britains cities. Crusades and world trade have created this. In Elizabethian times there were a group of African decent people in one area of London, thought to have inspired Orthello. There was a mix of nationalities on the Mary Rose. So adding a few nonwhite characters is fine. But the writers are missing the mark. Look at history, you do not have to search that deep to find interesting characters of ethnic origin that would make interesting series. Two that come to mind are Samuel Coldridge Taylor the composer, and Tommy Martin, born 1916, the boxer.
Dont change history do some research and pick out interesting bits of it that you can portray accuratly.
Are we sure that Timmy is still a dog or is he now a cat?
I have a little collection of statuettes of composers. I have Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Scott Joplin. Because the statuettes are cast in some kind of plaster, Scott Joplin is of course white. I sometimes look at him and think, I wonder if the Guardian knows that these things are on sale?
Someone at this disgusting cesspit has a little black book with all the contact details, gained over decades, of guests suitable to some immensely enjoyable (suitable to their warped, degenerate tastes) parties…
Just look at the VE day news reels. Nuff said.