run the risk of being aceused of lacking of being sucked into one of those imposed on artistic freedom.
programmes, writes ROGER PROTZ.
Too idie to swich channels Monday evening, watched with growing horror and amazement a show in The Two Ronnies series, witich 1 ant horrified to say has just ended ол BBC 2 Backed by a risine cacohony of scrooching laughter Ronnie Corbet and Ronnie Barker let loose a stream of jokes that, with the addition of suitable expletives, would have had them rolling in the aisles in one sercants mess Do a Doo Saturday night.
Pride of place, if pride is the right word, went to the 'joke" and racist at the same time: the missionary who was turned into fairy cakes LULL BIS.
This type of leering rubbish Have an awtul, LYLU CRITICISING humour is a dangerous business. You important sense of it and, at a more intellectual level arguments about whether there should be any limits Skirting that minetield, I am simply appalled by what passes for humour on British television and, in particular, by the crude sexist hasis of so many of the Fascination Monday, complete with cas sette recorder, tor a Turther 45 minutes worth.
The most depressing aspect of the sbow is the towards minority groups, the frenzied BETHE ood helly laugh at somcan Almost #s sod is realisation that the taken by women in many areas reactionary male attitudes have bad bo umaict where mos male comedians and comedy writers are concerned Women, for them, remain by simple sex objects, either as the unseen bull of a nudge nodge JOKE OE as something to be smuggered over in a sketch.
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