Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
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It would be, only that the poster had already identified themselves as an 'old man' and we know he's white.
Apart from that, spot on
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[TV] Death in Paradise Xmas Special
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Apart from that, spot on
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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Sure I read an interview with Ardol O'Gurgle or whoever he is, he said its great fun if you are a guest star for an episode but gruelling if you are regular cast including the temp Detective.
junior
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Bit of a racist undertone to the OP no? Do we just accept casual racism now?
POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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Wow. Hey man, let’s throw the racist card about. Just out of curiosity could you define racism and specify what part of the OP was racist?
I’m sure the moderators can identify racism, or are you suggesting by throwing that card about that they too are racist.
I bet you’re looking foward to playing card’s tomorrow. Will it be the old homophobic one or the racist card again. Go shuffle your pack.
Blimey, reading this thread, glad everyone is in the Christmas spirit!!
I think it's this piece, specifically:
"the BBC have now replaced him with an actor of colour, ex Eastenders serial killer Don Gilet, in the lead, which almost defeats the whole premise of the series, a white copper fish out of water"
Personally, I don't think it was meant as a racial comment, merely that the format so far has meant that part of the "fish out of water" schtick is that the policeman has always been white. That said, there has been a lot of racially-driven backlash online because the new chap isn't white, so it's not a massive leap to get there.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the episode. Those he was a good fit and brought something a little different and it left us looking forward to the next series. I always found Ralph Little and his weirdly jet-black hair to be wooden as hell, so should be it's usual harmless fun.
No, it's this bit:
The idea that a non-white actor can only get a role because of "box ticking" is unquestionably a racist one.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Having read the many comments on here about racist stuff I was expecting the worse. But Gilet fits in perfectly. A Londoner who is used to fast living in a very loud atmosphere so when he is placed in a laid back quiet island it's just not his scene. Perfect script writing.