Posh Bashing

[Fitzcarraldo]

Unsure the point of the article you've mentioned?
All I was saying was that I disagreed with the post saying David Walliams was a multi-millionaire public school boy. He was privately educated but the school he went to would never be considered to be in the same league as any of the public schools such as Harrow or Eton.
David Walliams went to the same school as Norman Cook. And no-one says Oh Norman Cook is a multi millionaire public school boy

I don't see how Norman Cook has any relevance? He hasn't created any characters designed to poke fun at the lower classes.

Maybe I should change that original statment to privately educated. Reigate Grammar School's fees are still just under £5000 a term, or about £15,000 a year. Still prohibitively expensive, and elitist, when you consider the average household income, no?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

i'll lend you my copy!

Okay, thanks, pop it in the post. You know my address

 

[Sam-]

I don't see how Norman Cook has any relevance? He hasn't created any characters designed to poke fun at the lower classes.

Maybe I should change that original statment to privately educated. Reigate Grammar School's fees are still just under £5000 a term, or £15,000 a year. Still prohibitively, and elitist, when you condsider the average household income, no?

One of Little Britains characters "pokes fun" as you put it at lower classes. However, in the same show he pokes fun at the private education system. And disabled people, and homosexuals , and racists.
I believe its rediculous to suggest that the success David Walliams and Matt Lucas have had is due to the face that either one of them or both of them went to a private school.
Considering many comedians play almost entirely on being "lower class" or having a regional accent, having a private education has very little bearing on it.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

You should read this , seriously, it might give you some insight, genuinely .

The Likes of Us: A Biography of the White Working Class: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Collins: Books

This documentary on BBC4 last year was very good, you may want to watch it if you haven't seen it already.

BBC Four - The Great Estate: The Rise Fall of the Council House