Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to catch the early BBC TV news and was delighted to see another child of the corn has got his cherubic head above the parapet and into the lime-light. I can only guess how many parents are out there who, since the Greta, blessed be her name, phenomenon, now see their kid as a gateway to further their own political aims and, at the same time, realise there maybe money in them thar kids...
Then, early AM today, the TV news was full of righteous outrage at some Conservative MP having once done that dreaded blackface thingy and, horror of horrors, was unrepentant. Well done that man I say.
I continued hopping channels, as you do, and arrived at the BBC and they were covering Mega Sparkles and Prince Hurray taking legal action regarding some newspaper publishing some letter or other. So far, so what? They then cut to a video of Hurray solo in Africa smiling happily while a bunch of sleepy lagoons joyously danced and cavorted in front of him. However, wot caught my attention was the fleeting scene of one of the sleepy lagoons, resplendent in some sort of red uniform, who was, horror of horrors, made-up in whiteface. Or was it a mask? No matter, it was white. How very dare he! The righteous outrage at such a scene? 3-2-1... No, not a hint at time of typing. Guess wot? That clip was spookily missing from subsequent coverage of the same topic and Inter-Web searching – for me – has proved futile. Oh! Look! Over there! Is that a squirrel?
Quote; Sid Vicious.
“This whole thing has become a pantomime.”
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