
has anyone been watching 'Meet the Natives' on C4?
I have a horrible sad suspicion there is going to be an awful denouement
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 14:56,
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I have a horrible sad suspicion there is going to be an awful denouement

so, having not seen it, am i justified in thinking that it's very very patronising in a 'look at these silly darkies! they don't know what a hoover is!' kind of way?
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 14:57,
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I'm not sure why they've divided it into 'classes' though - the Manc people they chose for the 'working class' were the only ones with any humility
the toff guy is just painful to watch
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 15:04,
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the toff guy is just painful to watch

Oh its ace, I love the way everyone kinda goes into "holy crap these guys are nuts, but don't insult them" mode when ever they go on about Prince Phillip
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 14:58,
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"the wit of prince philip"
suprisingly, it's more than 1 page long :)
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 14:59,
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suprisingly, it's more than 1 page long :)

when you think about it, he probably is :/
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 15:06,
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"Here, Chinky - dry your slitty eyes on this hankie - you haven't so much lost a dog as gained a Chinese meal, what what?"
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 15:02,
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DAMN YOU INTERNET WORDS!!
/no body language over the net blog
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 15:09,
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/no body language over the net blog

Which always annoys me, because "Working class" now means "thick chav" in media-speak. So I avoided it.
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 14:59,
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but over all i thought they were a nice enough family, dad even went to the trouble of learning a few words of the guests lingo.
as mighty nimbus said, the toff is painful to watch.
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 15:11,
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as mighty nimbus said, the toff is painful to watch.

I'm no class warrior, but my family comes from a working class background and when the media use the term to mean "underclass" it grinds my gears.
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Fri 5 Oct 2007, 15:31,
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