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Or is there anyone who doesn't find "Come Fly With Me" the most unpleasant, racist, horrendous programme on tv.

13 replies

Bunbury · 01/12/2011 01:12

I appreciate that this may be woefully late but I've just had the misfortune to see this programme on BBC3 for the first time and am genuinely shocked a) at the fact that it was commissioned and b)that it wasn't withdrawn shortly afterwards.

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TheFrogs · 01/12/2011 01:25

I'm shocked too, its complete crap. Not sure about racist though....

VirgoGrr · 01/12/2011 01:26

Mm, not sure when 'blacking up' for comedy became acceptable again.

TheFrogs · 01/12/2011 01:36

I've never seen them as racist, more taking the piss out of stereotypes and people who cant see beyond that?

dancingmustard · 01/12/2011 01:39

This isn't a racist program by any stretch of the imagination.

These two play ALL the main characters and rightly insert black people into positions at an airport because people of every colour work in airports.

If they would have just played white parts some people might have complained because black people were under represented.

Bunbury · 01/12/2011 01:45

Mustard I did see your point until both of the leading white characters debuted their "caribbean" accents whilst wearing makeup the colour of gravy. Not to mention the horrendously unpleasant stereotyping of Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

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dancingmustard · 01/12/2011 01:48

They also caricature white people in the show in an over the top manner.

Hence why it's called a comedy.

If you found it unpleasant why don't you just switch it off?

It's a popular program.

TheFrogs · 01/12/2011 02:00

I live in a council house and have two dc with different fathers, I should be complaining about vicky pollard should I not?

dancingmustard · 01/12/2011 02:02

I'm in a wheelchair so that bald chap should set my nerves on edge :)

TheFrogs · 01/12/2011 02:10

But do you have the combover too? (and is his name andy, I forget?)

dancingmustard · 01/12/2011 02:13

The combover is something i'm working on.
I'll kill that hairdresser if she reads this and wants me to go all satirical.
Now if I could work on the paragliding and surfing Andy does I will have done very well indeed.
Yea but no but yea but :)

TheFrogs · 01/12/2011 02:17

You is dissin me innit? Well I does not care cus jo down the road whos cousin woz wiv that girl from the asda said to chels bfd's gf that he was all over her and she....I give up....it is really difficult to type! Grin

dancingmustard · 01/12/2011 02:20

Is I bovvered different show I know :)

Those tracksuits and chains should come back in fashion.

Vicky could push Andy and we could offend everyone.

TheFrogs · 01/12/2011 02:25

oh now that's an idea!! I like it.

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