AIBU to object to Hancock's Half Hour?

[TiddlesTheTiger]

I took exception to this episode. I complained to the BBC and they replied.
I won't say, yet, what I wrote or what they replied so if you have a few spare mins have a listen to the episode and give me your view.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b007yntz .

@TeenPlusCat

A pint? That's nearly an armful!

I just came on to post this!!!

OP come on now. Which bit are you upset about?

Aah I see. I don't do dishes so may well never know.

It was of its day.

I might be wrong but I'm of the opinion that you were meant to laugh at the characters who were sending up some of the old, traditional mindsets that were still prevalent.
Women's Lib was already fomenting so I don't think the sketch was meant to be taken seriously.

I feel pretty sure that Hattie Jacques would not have taken part unless it was a send up.

Wimmin do dishes innit.

“Please spend half an hour of your life listening to a programme made about 60 years ago by people who are mostly dead so you can indulge my need for validation. AIBU?”

Yes you are.

I don’t have time to listen to a whole a radio programme and you’re being a bit unreasonable to refuse to tell us what the alleged issue is.

I have quite fond memories of the original HHHs (not from the original broadcast- not that old) but if there is an issue with one of them, you could just explain it to us so we can comment reasonably?

No and i wouldnt complain

i still watch carry on films i like that i have the choice

dont listen if it offends you

Utterly ridiculous thing to complain about.

The thing is although a lot of these older programmes wouldn't be made nowadays, many of them were groundbreaking, the first of their kind, more daring than others. In 20 or 30 years time, things that you currently enjoy will be considered unacceptable. Does that make what you enjoy nowadays wrong?

I really hope “Do half an hour of homework and then reply” doesn’t catch on as a MN question format.

“Blah de blah. Discuss” is quite bad enough.

Loads of comedy on bbc radio is shit. I just turn it off.

Okay, the alleged issue is that it makes fun of violence to women.

I commend your diligence OP.

Why on earth haven't you just said what offends you, how does listening to it change anything?

Don't you have any real problems to worry about, OP?

Do you object to Shakespeare or people singing songs of John Dowland of the 1500s or reading out from the bible in church?

@TiddlesTheTiger

Okay, the alleged issue is that it makes fun of violence to women.

And the context of that is....?

Remembering it is satire. What is the context for your ire? Or is it just that they broached the subject at all?

The whole point of it is to use humour to highlight important issues. That Hancock's character is utterly miserable and sexist is how the point is being made. Even these days it is a smart take on the issues. Back then it was somewhat astounding. As was the later Worm That Turned.

Would have been made some time before 'battered wives' were brought to public attention.

@TiddlesTheTiger

Okay, the alleged issue is that it makes fun of violence to women.

Definitely not a fan of that. Not at all.

Hard to say without hearing the clip, though, what the tone and intention is. If it’s particularly egregious, then please do quote the offending lines for us.

Otherwise, I’d rather save my energy for fighting all the contemporary misogyny.

@TiddlesTheTiger

Okay, the alleged issue is that it makes fun of violence to women.

It doesn't.

It's poking fun AT such misogyny.

The point of Hancocks Half Hour is that he is incompetant and everything he tried to do goes wrong. So he tries to start up a male suffrage group to bring back male supremacy, and caves the first time he meets opposition from a woman.

At the time it was written, domestic violence wasn't acknowledged, and women who tried to leave violent partners would be dragged back by the police. They could be prosecuted for trying to deprive a man of his children.

The whole skit sounds old fashioned now, I don't think it could have any influence today. I think it would be a shame to erase the past for so many reasons; people need to know their own history, and how much things have changed.

Do you think the BBC should censor any programme which does not conform to today’s values?

What criteria would you apply to decision making in this area?

Are you always this much of a dementor, OP?

If you don't find it funny, don't listen. Don't try to spoil it for others.

There are episodes of Friends and Sex and the City that are problematic by today's standards. Where do we stop censoring things?

This is like people calling Till Death Us Do Part racist. The whole point was to show up the ridiculousness of the sort of views held by the real-life equivalents of the Alf Garnett character.