It was on NetflixLong slender neck wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:05 amEvidence? Dont think there's been any new episodes since about 2018
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Re: Woke watch.
On the subject of evacuee children, I’ve got this brain itch - I’m sure there was a word other than “evacuation” that was specifically used to describe the concept of kids being homed in the country during the war, a term so closely associated with it that it was like, the name of a project in primary schools etc, and very evocative of that Lion Witch and Wardrobe idea of evacuated kids. Anyone got any idea?
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The IWM uses the terms evacuees and evacuated, and I can't recall any other terms being used. But, at the time, it was referred to officially as Operation Pied Piper.CEB2ElectricBoogaloo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 10:25 am On the subject of evacuee children, I’ve got this brain itch - I’m sure there was a word other than “evacuation” that was specifically used to describe the concept of kids being homed in the country during the war, a term so closely associated with it that it was like, the name of a project in primary schools etc, and very evocative of that Lion Witch and Wardrobe idea of evacuated kids. Anyone got any idea?
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It will get the racists frothing at the mouth, but Blitz isn't woke.
It telling the story of a mixed race kid (played by a mixed race actor) who gets lost whilst being evacuated during the blitz. There's a genuine story to be told about the existence of black people during that period of history.
What would have been woke (or an example of hyper-representation) would be to tell the story of ordinary people who were typical of the time, but just race swap the actors in a manner to suggest that current levels of racial, ethnic and religious diversity are the historic norm.
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Goodnight Uncle Tom?Dunners wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 1:24 pm
What would have been woke (or an example of hyper-representation) would be to tell the story of ordinary people who were typical of the time, but just race swap the actors in a manner to suggest that current levels of racial, ethnic and religious diversity are the historic norm.
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I see the new Boots Christmas TV adert has been shot down in flames . Many people are now saying they will avoid Boots this Christmas . What's that old saying " Go woke ,go broke".
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Walker and Sarkar having a "are we the baddies" moment.
Also, Walker appears to confirm that the leftist strategy of cancel culture does exist, despite them saying time and time again that it didn't.
Also, Walker appears to confirm that the leftist strategy of cancel culture does exist, despite them saying time and time again that it didn't.
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What's 'offended' you now snowflake?RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 5:19 pm I see the new Boots Christmas TV adert has been shot down in flames . Many people are now saying they will avoid Boots this Christmas . What's that old saying " Go woke ,go broke".
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The boots advert is designed as rage bait, and some people have duly obliged.
The idea that the people complaining about it are reacting to something that wasn’t carefully calibrated to provoke exactly that reaction is ludicrous.
The idea that the people complaining about it are reacting to something that wasn’t carefully calibrated to provoke exactly that reaction is ludicrous.
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Agreed. The advertising agencies are playing a dangerous game.CEB2ElectricBoogaloo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 5:41 pm The boots advert is designed as rage bait, and some people have duly obliged.
The idea that the people complaining about it are reacting to something that wasn’t carefully calibrated to provoke exactly that reaction is ludicrous.
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I’ve just watched the advert (on my phone whilst the football is on so couldn’t really hear what the actors were saying).
What is causing the outrage?
What is causing the outrage?
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The agency have cast a black actress who put herself on the radar during the King's coronation by describing the Royal family as "terribly white". It's clearly done to generate outrage, which is a strategy to ensure everyone is talking about Boots.
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Never heard of her myself but presumably she put herself ‘on the radar’ with acting roles in Bridgerton, Casualty and Hollywood films with Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman?
People are strange.
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Well, yes, but I meant the radar of people who are willing biting on the rage bait. I doubt they'd have been fans of her body of work prior to Terribly-White-gate.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 6:50 pmNever heard of her myself but presumably she put herself ‘on the radar’ with acting roles in Bridgerton, Casualty and Hollywood films with Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman?
People are strange.
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Yes, mainly. For the online right, she's now a target. They're also moaning that Santa is now in an interracial marriage.