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Stamford16A1 t1_j2145dy wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in John Bird: Actor and comedian dies aged 86 by Kagedeah

And that ladies and gentleman is why there's no decent satire on TV any more.

Nobody else was taking on Idi Amin or Robert Mugabe... certainly nobody "of colour". I don't recall Lenny Henry satirising Mugabe when he massacred the Matabele for example.

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[deleted] t1_j22gtgr wrote

There's satire and there's brownfacing yourself to be immigrants from Pakistan. John Bird was a terrific comedian, but having your sitcom, along with the great Spike Milligan being cancelled because of racial insensitivity in the 70s was not a good thing.

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