Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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In the Night GardenMy dad, though lovely, has led a sheltered life in the wilds of Northern Ireland where more or less everyone is white and either protestant or catholic - not a lot of diversity you might say - and so his language remains fairly 'unreconstructed'. Those of you with little kids will appreciate the joys of In The Night Garden, an uber-surreal programme narrated by a sinister Derek Jacobi - it's genius. My dad, sitting watching it one evening with my daugher suddenly piped up 'Oh look, Upsy Daisy's a wog'. My sister and I turned to stare at him, appalled. 'Never mind that' says I, 'Haven't you noticed that Iggle Piggle is BLUE, the Tomblieboos are multicoloured and STRIPEY, Macca Pacca has an OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER and the Pontypines are only 2 INCHES TALL?' But he didn't really get it.
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 9:30, Reply)
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