Well, I saw that coming...

[lizziec]

A sketch in BBC One comedy Little Britain which showed a woman urinating uncontrollably in a shop has been criticised by an incontinence charity.

Saw that coming as soon as I knew which new characters would be appearing. Not surprised at all ;) Hvae to say I agree much more with the charity than with the BBC who state that "the sketch was not offensive as it was not grounded in reality."

Hmm.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

having something like that happen would be a worst nightmare. People who suffer from incontinence find it humiliating enough without everyone else finding it amusing. Anyone wiht any empathy would not find it amusing

[bethanthepurple.livejournal.com]

I liked Little Britain to start cos I felt that to a degree I could laugh with the sketches.

Only gay, for instance - funny cos I do know people who are all "poor me! POOR ME!!", and then do jack shit about it. The the world took it as "hurhur, gay", and I went splodey. Or the other ones were just so surreal, and the protaganists so powerful in the whole proceedings, that I really enjoyed it.

Now they just seem to be poking fun more & more. *sigh*

[lizziebeth-c.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was kind of my point |:

I really don't agree with the BBC's spokesperson. I think it is *he* who isn't grounded in reality.

[lizziebeth-c.livejournal.com]

It's not just poking fun, they seem to be doing it in a mean, hurtful way, in some cases cos I don't think they even *get* what it is they're "lampooning" :|

[barakta]

It's a fine line I think. I've never seen Little Britain and while I find some of the concepts amusing and appreciate that they may be clever because they are extremes of reality I think they are inherently going to get very old very fast and or be really quite nasty.

I decided I couldn't be bothered with watching Little Britain because I find that sort of humour really rather cringeworthy and eventually the boundaries have to get pushed too far. For everyone who finds a sketch funny, there will be someone who is deeply hurt or offended.