Should period drama be more racist and sexist ?

[Rum]

The fact that with the exceptions where it is actually the subject you never see slaves in historical movies or dramas. Until abolition they were everywhere!

[HomerJay]

Even going back just a few tens of years, you can see the difference.

If ''Oliver'' was made today, they would definitely tone down the depiction of Fagin as a grasping ''stereotypical jew'' that Dickens wrote.

The musical was not considered controversial in it's day, but it would be, if they didn't tone it down today.

BBC producers have changed a trailer for a series about tax and benefit fraudsters following complaints that it could be seen as antisemitic.

The original trailer for Britain on the Fiddle featured the song “If I Were a Rich Man”, from Fiddler on the Roof, the 1960s film about Jews in a Russian shtetl.

Some viewers felt that the choice of music pandered to negative stereotypes about Jews and money.

http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/11302 ... sm-concern

[JimC]

Wasn't there an actual crime named "Faginy"?

Or am I suffering from false memory syndrome...

Yet again...

[mistermack]

Wasn't there an actual crime named "Faginy"?

Or am I suffering from false memory syndrome...

Yet again...

Yep.
Yet again. Although playing Fagin was liable to make actors moody.

John Cleese and Connie Booth met the realism problem head-on in Fawlty Towers, and didn't compromise :

[Animavore]

More child prostitution I say.



No, seriously, I can understand why they gloss over the mad shit that went on in the day.

[Hermit]

More child prostitution I say.



No, seriously, I can understand why they gloss over the mad shit that went on in the day.

Yes, true, but is it too much to expect women depicted in pre-20th century settings be shown with unshaven armpits?

[JimC]

More child prostitution I say.



No, seriously, I can understand why they gloss over the mad shit that went on in the day.

Yes, true, but is it too much to expect women depicted in pre-20th century settings be shown with unshaven armpits?

Yes! Think of the poor actresses!

[cronus]

The fact that with the exceptions where it is actually the subject you never see slaves in historical movies or dramas. Until abolition they were everywhere!

Showing your age now Rum.

[Sælir]

So, in short, what was the conclusion?

Should period drama be more racist and sexist?

[pErvinalia]

They should certainly be more sexist.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

So, in short, what was the conclusion?

Should period drama be more racist and sexist?

Yes. But it should only be broadcast monthly.

[laklak]

So, in short, what was the conclusion?

Should period drama be more racist and sexist?

Yes. But it should only be broadcast monthly.

Preceded by a week of tense drama and weepy love stories.

[JimC]

The thread is flowing nicely, I see...

[mistermack]

Will you silly bleeders pack it in?

These menstrual puns are a real curse.

[rainbow]

Yeah, put a sock in it.