Bollywood vs. Brits
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- Gucci
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOW…
Any of you Brits know what the heck these people are talking about?
Is it justified?//not that you watch big brother anyway, but....
- Jaline0
First of all, it's "Shilpa", not "Shipla".
- Jaline0
If you scroll down you can see more specific info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi…
- Concrete0
Shiplap?
- harlequino0
"Viewers were apparently concerned that housemates, including reality TV star Jade Goody, former beauty queen Danielle Lloyd and ex-S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara, were victimizing Shetty, media reported."
Sounds like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat…
- Nairn0
Oh good lord - this is being reported in the US? Fucking hell! Fucking Big Brother.
I don't watch it - but christ, I can imagine what 'tards like Jane Goody might say/think, and (I'm probably somehow being racist when I say this) I can imagine a Bollywood beauty like her being quite the spoilt Indian princess - of course things are going to be said that aren't PC and beahaviour's going to get catty, but then, so fuck? As long as the ratings go up..
I just hope some fanatic launches an attack on the BB household, but then I've been praying for that for 7 years now.
- digilee0
sounds like pathetic council trash getting bitchy with the lowest common deniminator simply because she is way more beautiful than they are.
sad sad white trash.
- vespa0
yea i don't watch it either and yet still it has managed to seep into my life. is it a slow news day?
apparently the girls were saying disparaging things about indians eating with their hands, and jade was like "ewww, who knows where hers have been", oh dear and i used to kinda like jade goody too. omg how do i even have an opinion about jade goody?
- harlequino0
I am sooo gald I don't know who these people are. But then again, there are prolly a hundred times more of these twits in the states. This is why I killed my cable connection. :/
- ********0
I just hope some fanatic launches an attack on the BB household, but then I've been praying for that for 7 years now.
Nairn
(Jan 17 07, 07:05)Ok Ok I'm working on it...
- Jaline0
I just know that person from S Club 7 or whatever (I used to be into that band in middle school), and Shilpa Shetty more so because I watch Bollywood films.
- Concrete0
Bollywood Films, to me, are like a 2hr long Fry's Turkish Delight advert.
- mpfree0
hilarious!
- Chop-suey0
The average IQ in the UK is almost as low as that of a brussel sprout i'm afraid to say... I'm moving to Australia...
- Nairn0
Good riddance, by the sound of it.
- vespa0
haha yea go to aus to escape the racialists
- Gucci0
so they made fun of how indians eat?
Hm. ok... that toes the line, but fuck. aren't they being a tad too sensitive?
- Jaline0
From Wikipedia (yeah, yeah, non-academic source but lots of things are true):
'Racism controversy
A record 12,000 complaints have been received by OFCOM and Channel 4 relating to alleged racism against Shetty by several of the housemates. Viewers were outraged by "ganging up" on the actress by Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd poking fun of her accent, and voiced their concerns on Internet forums. Shetty had been branded a "dog" by Lloyd and former housemate Jackiey Budden was unable to pronounce her name properly, instead referring to her as "The Indian". Jack Tweed allegedly called her a "fucking Paki" although show producers have denied this, stating that the actual word used was "cunt". Danielle Lloyd also referred to Shetty as 'a bitch'. After Shetty had accidentally undercooked a chicken, derogatory comments were made about Indians' habitual ill-health.
When the actress cooked chicken curry for her housemates, contestant Jo O’Meara refused to eat it, saying she didn’t “trust” it and was “scared.” She also did impressions of Shetty’s accent and protested that the actress had “touched housemates’ food with her hands” (to which fellow contestant Danielle Lloyd replied that “they eat with their hands in India...you don’t know where her hands have been").
Former housemate Carole Malone told the BBC Asian Network that the attacks were motivated by "jealousy" over her beauty and success, and anti-bullying campaigners have demanded action. The charity Act Against Bullying dropped Goody from their list of patrons in spite of the latter's past support, branding her behaviour as "unforgivable". The controversy even reached the British Parliament as Labour MP Keith Vaz tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons about the racist treatment, saying: "We would not tolerate this kind of racism on other types of television programme and we should not do so on a programme that is watched by millions of people." Shetty's mother, Sunanda, told the BBC's Asian Network that she hoped her daughter would be able to handle the situation.
Channel 4 had earlier dismissed the controversy as "girly rivalry" but said that it was taking the matter seriously. An official spokesman said that the show does not tolerate bullying or racism, and that close monitoring of the housemates would result in "appropriate measures to reprimand such behaviour where necessary." '
- Nairn0
Jack Tweed allegedly called her a "fucking Paki" although show producers have denied this, stating that the actual word used was "cunt".
haha
- Gucci0
ok... but don't you sign up for that shit when you're on big brother?
Kind of a buyer beware type deal.She should have watched the previous years' shows and known the attitudes that exist in those places.
- Jaline0
Yeah, but *apparently* they don't tolerate racism...