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Political correctness hits panto
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Nana Anna | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:12 |
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A drama group hoping to stage Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs for their Christmas panto say they were shocked when they got the script with the word dwarf censored. |
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Nana Anna | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:13 |
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The panto had been renamed as Snow White and the word dwarf had been removed from the scripts with the characters referred to as 'gnomes' or 'guardians of the forest.' Show director Karen Birkbeck from the Coxheath Players in Kent said: 'It smacked of political correctness. It's all very confusing for the kids who grew up with the Seven Dwarfs.' The Restricted Growth Association welcomed the ban saying the term dwarf was offensive. Sandy Marshall from the Association said: 'Some of our members find the term dwarf unpleasant so it is best if people try to avoid using it.' Surely they can't call Snow White 'White' either isn't that racial! PC madness. |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:16 |
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They're allowed to use 'white' but not 'black' lol I agree - it is crazy! |
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Linen | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:23 |
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Anna, the world is going mad!!!!!! Vivienne |
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The Bag | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:24 |
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Have you never heard of the pantomine ''snow white and the 7 vertically challenged'' !! Hunt about and there is a book, something like politically Fairy stories ...its hilarious Technically to be correct it shold be ''Snow White and the 7 Achondroplasics'' Doesn't have the same ring to it though! Jess x |
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Jane | Report | 17 Oct 2005 11:40 |
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If Ronnie Barker's 'Arkwright' attracted a letter of thanks from a whole family of stutterers, well surely a kids panto can go by it's real name! Sick of this PC stuff .... we'll all be talking in euphemisms soon. Jane |
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Yvonne | Report | 17 Oct 2005 13:12 |
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This country has gone mad it really has with political correctness. In work your not allowed to say blackboard, so seeing as everyone was being political correct (which I am not) I said well you cant say whiteboard, cos its against my race. As for dear Snow White how about Snow Princess and the 7 little men. LOL Personally I think they should stay as the are. Yvonne |
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Poolmaster | Report | 17 Oct 2005 13:28 |
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well i shall be taking my children to see snow person of european origin and the 7 vertically challenged non female diamond mine excavating engineers for sure! |
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Trish | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:33 |
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Don't give a fig about all this PC stuff (as we all know most of it is rubbish) and long may Snow White have her 7 dwarfs - I'm not changing goodness how many years old stories for some nut. |
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Unknown | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:43 |
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What next ? Three 'hearing impaired' mice... see how the run... |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:45 |
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Whether it offends the restricted growth association or whatever, I'm still calling it Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with no apology whatsoever. If anybody's offended by this - tough! Whatever next, for goodness' sake. |
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Trish | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:46 |
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Paul, what has 3 hearing impaired mice got to do with 3 blind mice?? Or am I just not seeing something? :-)) |
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Merlin | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:47 |
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Hi Ho,Hi Ho, or is it Ho Hi,Ho Hi? Its off to some sort of PC work we go,or not. Snow joke is it? Where on earth do they get these idiots from?. Hal. |
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Jane | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:47 |
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Wendy, Paul obviously knows a version we don't .... LOL Jane |
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Jane | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:49 |
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... and another thought ... with no 'white' no 'black', does this mean we'll be left only with 'grey'???? Jx |
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Nana Anna | Report | 17 Oct 2005 14:50 |
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Won't Grey be seen as ageism! LOL! Anna |
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Nolls from Harrogate | Report | 17 Oct 2005 16:46 |
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Can someone please tell me 'who are these politiclly correct people' who think they can tell us how to run our lives, where are they hiding? Oh and an other thing I suppose someone pays them to think up all this rubbish well who pays the wages is it us? Norah x |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 17 Oct 2005 16:50 |
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Good question, Norah. I've lost my sense of humour now, thanks to those boring buffs (and that's me being polite). :-( |
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Lisa | Report | 17 Oct 2005 16:51 |
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whatever next....can these do gooders get a life!xxxx)))): |
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David | Report | 17 Oct 2005 16:53 |
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We can't call our group 'Mothers and Toddlers': It has to be 'Parents and Toddlers.' D |
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