"Mrcheerful" wrote:
The Peeler wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote:
The Peeler wrote:

Did she look anything like Little Miss Jocelyn, then?

her attitude was very similar, but she was not amused when I got her
to watch that show. "What do you think I am, an A to Z?" was one
of my favourite lines.

A shame they took it off the air. Many clips are still available on
youtube, though.

It was incredibly offensive (to blacks, I thought) and some episodes
scarcely had a laugh, others were very good.


Why should a white person feel uncomfortable or even offended by a
black person making jokes about black people?

You can take political correctness too far.

Little Miss Jocelyn was both intelligent and hilarious - in my
opinion, one of the funniest comedy programmes of recent years!

However, the novelty wore off. The first series was nominated for a
BAFTA but the second series didn't attract such a big audience despite
being moved from BBC3 to BBC2. It got some poor reviews. Perhaps
there was too much carried over from the first series and not enough
new material.

Bruce wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote:
The Peeler wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote:
The Peeler wrote:

Did she look anything like Little Miss Jocelyn, then?

her attitude was very similar, but she was not amused when I got
her to watch that show. "What do you think I am, an A to Z?"
was one of my favourite lines.

A shame they took it off the air. Many clips are still available on
youtube, though.

It was incredibly offensive (to blacks, I thought) and some episodes
scarcely had a laugh, others were very good.


Why should a white person feel uncomfortable or even offended by a
black person making jokes about black people?

You can take political correctness too far.

Little Miss Jocelyn was both intelligent and hilarious - in my
opinion, one of the funniest comedy programmes of recent years!

However, the novelty wore off. The first series was nominated for a
BAFTA but the second series didn't attract such a big audience despite
being moved from BBC3 to BBC2. It got some poor reviews. Perhaps
there was too much carried over from the first series and not enough
new material.

No, it was just crap and unfunny.

No, it was just crap and unfunny.

No, just very dangerous, a black woman being honest and satirical.

WM

Nigel Oldfield wrote:

No, it was just crap and unfunny.

No, just very dangerous, a black woman being honest and satirical.


I asked several black friends what they thought of the show when the
first series was on. Some of them thought it was hilarious, some
thought it was mildly funny, but they all enjoyed it.

A couple of them, of West Indian origin, thought that Jocelyn Jee
Esien, who is of Nigerian origin, was particularly good when
lampooning Caribbean people in general and Jamaicans in particular.

No-one was in the least bit offended. Far from it!

No-one was in the least bit offended. Far from it!

Did I say dangerous to blacks?

WM

Nigel Oldfield wrote:
No-one was in the least bit offended. Far from it!

Did I say dangerous to blacks?


I wasn't arguing with you!

Perhaps I should have started and ended my message with the words
"PLEASE NOTE, I AM AGREEING WITH YOU".

"Bruce" wrote in message
...
Nigel Oldfield wrote:
No-one was in the least bit offended. Far from it!

Did I say dangerous to blacks?


I wasn't arguing with you!

Perhaps I should have started and ended my message with the words
"PLEASE NOTE, I AM AGREEING WITH YOU".



NP - just clarifying.

WM

"Pete Zahut" wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Why should a white person feel uncomfortable or even offended by a
black person making jokes about black people?

You can take political correctness too far.

Little Miss Jocelyn was both intelligent and hilarious - in my
opinion, one of the funniest comedy programmes of recent years!

However, the novelty wore off. The first series was nominated for a
BAFTA but the second series didn't attract such a big audience despite
being moved from BBC3 to BBC2. It got some poor reviews. Perhaps
there was too much carried over from the first series and not enough
new material.

No, it was just crap and unfunny.


No-one forced you to watch it. Doesn't your TV have an off button, or
the facility to change to another channel?

Anyway, it wasn't "crap and unfunny", otherwise it wouldn't have been
nominated for a BAFTA. If it wasn't to your taste, and you carried on
watching it, then tough!

The first series was one of the funniest comedy shows I have seen for
a few years. The second series fell a little flat which is presumably
why it was dropped.

On 03/10/2010 10:45, Bruce wrote:
wrote:
The Peeler wrote:
wrote:
The Peeler wrote:

Did she look anything like Little Miss Jocelyn, then?

her attitude was very similar, but she was not amused when I got her
to watch that show. "What do you think I am, an A to Z?" was one
of my favourite lines.

A shame they took it off the air. Many clips are still available on
youtube, though.

It was incredibly offensive (to blacks, I thought) and some episodes
scarcely had a laugh, others were very good.


Why should a white person feel uncomfortable or even offended by a
black person making jokes about black people?

You can take political correctness too far.

This, surely is one of the "joys" of the ardent Guardiansti hard core
Socialist. You are there to "feel the pain" of the "less fortunate", but
only if they belong to a "minority group".

If you're white, straight and pay lots of tax you can go f*ck yourself
as you deserve no compassion whatsoever, regardless of what calamity may
fall on your head. Indeed, you probably deserve it.


Little Miss Jocelyn was both intelligent and hilarious - in my
opinion, one of the funniest comedy programmes of recent years!

However, the novelty wore off. The first series was nominated for a
BAFTA but the second series didn't attract such a big audience despite
being moved from BBC3 to BBC2. It got some poor reviews. Perhaps
there was too much carried over from the first series and not enough
new material.



--
Moving things in still pictures

®i©ardo wrote:
On 03/10/2010 10:45, Bruce wrote:
wrote:
It was incredibly offensive (to blacks, I thought) and some episodes
scarcely had a laugh, others were very good.


Why should a white person feel uncomfortable or even offended by a
black person making jokes about black people?

You can take political correctness too far.

This, surely is one of the "joys" of the ardent Guardiansti hard core
Socialist. You are there to "feel the pain" of the "less fortunate", but
only if they belong to a "minority group".

If you're white, straight and pay lots of tax you can go f*ck yourself
as you deserve no compassion whatsoever, regardless of what calamity may
fall on your head. Indeed, you probably deserve it.


Sharply observed. ;-)