You are right, but could go further and say he makes innocuous racist comment that is not really that innocuous; just as Clarkson likes us all to believe, he is a clever man, but not in a good way.
I like Coogan, but how is saying that Mexican food looks like sick racist? Even in these times that's ridiculous.
May's comment about Mexican food looking like sick isn't racist, but the comments made by Clarkson and Hammond are culturally insensitive to say the least. It's the generalisation of Mexicans which makes it racist, not the critique of their cuisine.
So it's ok to say things about the French because they're White Europeans but about any nation that's a different ethnicity is racist?
Yeah. People go on about the French surrendering all the time. That's no different to saying Mexicans are always sleeping. But the food bit is just ridiculous. I can't believe he actually mentioned that as if it could possibly offend anyone.
My current favourite joke. What's the bare minimum? One bear. Actually, it doesn't work written down. Being, as it is, based on bare and bear sounding identical. Bollocks.
Nice piece but isn't most of his argument that such humour is bad when done by TG but ok when done by someone pretending to be some one else (Alan Partridge). This puts me in mind of a mad ventriloquist blaming the dummy. That said, it is a great read but I hope he gets the opportunity to be not invited back.
I rang the dentist yesterday to make an appointment for an annual checkup. When I got through and explained this to the receptionist, she paused and said to me "2:30?", I replied no, I just need a checkup". Arsebags, that's my favorite joke of all time, and I don't think that works written down either. I wonder if we need a thread of "jokes that don't work unless spoken"?
Back on topic............ apparently in his column in The Sun, JC has called himself a "dinosaur" and said maybe his time at the BBC is over.
