tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post4016767131056406563..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Racism for fun: Fu Manchu producer pleads irony on the BBCMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-1087093113797220512010-09-08T08:53:11.117+01:002010-09-08T08:53:11.117+01:00Hi Mellie,
Thanks for your comments, here and on ...Hi Mellie,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments, here and on the Morrissey post.<br /><br />The "Got" spelling that I used is the Hebrew as opposed to the German "Gott", although the German is the one more frequently used. <br /><br />I agree with you. Fair criticism is one thing, and there's plenty to knock China for, but the increasingly demented tone is leading us into some dark places. A friend of mine reckons the "othering" of entire groups is a feature of a society in a decadent phase as it collapses, and I think she's right.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-7417079046818779492010-09-08T00:52:21.081+01:002010-09-08T00:52:21.081+01:00It's "Gott in Himmel" by the way.
G...It's "Gott in Himmel" by the way.<br /><br />Great that you stand up against the creeping anti-Chinese stuff. The more powerful China gets, the more crap will be churned out by the West to attack it.Melliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11506407316395323671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-80882218502661266882010-09-06T13:39:28.692+01:002010-09-06T13:39:28.692+01:00Well done MM
Champion
Pioneer.
GM
We must all
Emp...Well done MM<br />Champion<br />Pioneer.<br /><br />GM<br />We must all<br />Empower<br />Take Action<br />Fight the fight<br />Join forces.<br /><br />Let's get more British Chinese/East Asians on TV, film, theatre & radio:<br />http://www.gopetition.com/petition/38249.html<br /><br />Join FB grp:<br />http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121066391273844dtks888https://www.blogger.com/profile/02834949998038975562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-23318175788426683342010-08-23T14:45:12.047+01:002010-08-23T14:45:12.047+01:00Unfortunately, research doesn't get under the ...Unfortunately, research doesn't get under the skin of the moral outrage perpetrated, especially where that is correlated to race. It's here where BBC guilt is heaviest, choosing to ignore this deep-seated, racialised feeling that Lord Macpherson (Lawrence Inquiry) understood, when to his credit he declared that a crime is racist if the victim perceives it so. It this which is being ignored and which is leading to a head of steam that leads to ministers and business people mocked when they visit India, China and the newly emerging powers, seeking trade which they can no longer enforce by military power.<br /><br />It is the imperial mindset entering the post-imperial age. The race to catch up for this mindset is not lost, but by applying a dead-weight, the BBC has not done anyone any favours.Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574340814610405212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-44334531975666032062010-08-22T15:34:31.751+01:002010-08-22T15:34:31.751+01:00I'm too lazy to keep a blog. I just have a few...I'm too lazy to keep a blog. I just have a few old Sketchcrawl drawings up on Flickr under AVBK.<br />I think some research to compare British and Tibetan and Chinese takes on the Younghusband invasion of Tibet would give us some very interesting material.<br />My email is annebaik@hotmail.comAVBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608768248597465963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-85629177768419785952010-08-22T11:48:17.637+01:002010-08-22T11:48:17.637+01:00Now that is NOT a bad idea ...
Can't find you...Now that is NOT a bad idea ...<br /><br />Can't find your blogs at your profile. Do you have a link?Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-85051807139708017132010-08-22T11:21:32.336+01:002010-08-22T11:21:32.336+01:00I read your column and then listened to the Edinbu...I read your column and then listened to the Edinburgh programme on the repeat player. I think that the programme makers got over-enchanted with their own storytelling skills and lost the sense of balance that this material needed. The question is - is this material needed - why revive writing which was racist rubbish when it was written and remains racist rubbish today? Throw it in the bin.<br />We'll have to keep tabs on the Beeb. <br />I suggest we prepare some programme ideas - little snapshots of the old British Empire at work and play - stuff like 'Lord Elgin's Travels'. See what the response is from their programme commissioning department. We could have some fun with it.AVBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608768248597465963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-78994286461789845942010-08-20T19:26:55.779+01:002010-08-20T19:26:55.779+01:00The programme described on Feedback was a much sma...The programme described on Feedback was a much smarter, cooler and more interesting show than the one they actually broadcast. If I hadn't heard the real one for myself I might have been won over by their arguments.<br /><br />As is ... shaaaaame. An opportunity not so much missed as pissed on.VenerableSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-75967629108788425262010-08-20T18:32:38.445+01:002010-08-20T18:32:38.445+01:00I agree with Gwei Mui, I too admire your continued...I agree with Gwei Mui, I too admire your continued commitment and political tenacity.<br /><br />The BBC have the cheek to say that they were "taking racist stereotypes apart"... No, they were capitulating to them so where's the irony in that. I listened to the programme and it was appalling, racist and made me annoyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-293379040648014542010-08-20T18:22:20.461+01:002010-08-20T18:22:20.461+01:00I listened to the broadcast after it had aired. In...I listened to the broadcast after it had aired. Incandescent with anger is putting it politely. Kudos to you and Ms Yang you have done the British-Chinese proud. Which makes me all the more sad that so few from the obvious echelons of our community seem to have "done" anything. I admire your continued commitment, your eloquence and your fight. Well said - sad that it had to be said.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915236568015079389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-1599798662803670362010-08-20T17:31:02.251+01:002010-08-20T17:31:02.251+01:00The true irony is now that China is no longer a ci...The true irony is now that China is no longer a civilisation in decline and can take characters like Lord Elgin (who sacked the summer palace) and Francis Younghusband (who massacred Tibetans) and tell us that here is the essence of being British. <br /><br />Here's to race hate and international war!Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574340814610405212noreply@blogger.com