Comments on: Shakespeare, the BNP and Big Brother http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/ Thoughts and musings on theatre, especially in Britain Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: mponnus http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-5 mponnus Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:30:36 +0000 http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-5 PS, also wanted to say thanks for running the newsletter; it's a great source of information. MP PS, also wanted to say thanks for running the newsletter; it’s a great source of information.
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]]> By: mponnus http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-4 mponnus Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:29:41 +0000 http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-4 Yes, sorry, you're right--I saw a photograph after I posted my blog (online, as it didn't appear in papers where I live). There's been quite a bit of (level-headed) commentary in our English-language papers but nothing on the scale of what's been written & debated in the UK. I wonder why this silly incident strikes such a raw nerve. Yes, sorry, you’re right–I saw a photograph after I posted my blog (online, as it didn’t appear in papers where I live). There’s been quite a bit of (level-headed) commentary in our English-language papers but nothing on the scale of what’s been written & debated in the UK. I wonder why this silly incident strikes such a raw nerve.

]]> By: peter http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-3 peter Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:05:46 +0000 http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-3 What street protests? you ask. In Patna (Shetty's home town, I believe) protesters burned an effigy of the producers of the show - interestingly not of Jade Goody! What street protests? you ask.

In Patna (Shetty’s home town, I believe) protesters burned an effigy of the producers of the show - interestingly not of Jade Goody!

]]> By: mponnus http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-2 mponnus Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:05:56 +0000 http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2007/01/18/shakespeare-the-bnp-and-big-brother/#comment-2 I agree that the Big Brother affair was blown all out of proportion. However, it has not become an "international incident" here in India, where it seems to have received much less attention than it did in the UK. What street protests? It's always possible that some political thugs took out a procession, but they have nothing better to do with their underemployed followers. I didn't hear of protests myself, and not one of my approximately 1,500 newsmongering & eager-to-chat neighbours has bothered to mention it. British Asians & Asian Americans, however, seem to be more deeply affected by the issue, and I think that's really at the heart of matter. Finally, Goody is hardly one of the wretched of the earth, even if she's not a movie star. In any case, she seems to have agreed with the original charges, while Shetty has retreated. There's a nice recipe for reconciliation. Meenakshi I agree that the Big Brother affair was blown all out of proportion. However, it has not become an “international incident” here in India, where it seems to have received much less attention than it did in the UK. What street protests? It’s always possible that some political thugs took out a procession, but they have nothing better to do with their underemployed followers. I didn’t hear of protests myself, and not one of my approximately 1,500 newsmongering & eager-to-chat neighbours has bothered to mention it.
British Asians & Asian Americans, however, seem to be more deeply affected by the issue, and I think that’s really at the heart of matter.
Finally, Goody is hardly one of the wretched of the earth, even if she’s not a movie star. In any case, she seems to have agreed with the original charges, while Shetty has retreated. There’s a nice recipe for reconciliation.
Meenakshi

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