In response to the BLM movement, comedy, film and beer have been ‘cancelled’ due to their ‘problematic’ nature. The latest purge reveals how terrifyingly easy it is to use technology to cancel those who transgress the dogma of wokeism.
Netflix removed Chris Lilley’s back catalogue because of his racial depictions; only the pretentious schoolgirl Ja’mie and Lunatics survived — for now.
Little Britain wasn’t so lucky, as many streaming services hit delete — their creators saying they were “very sorry” because of their portrayal of “characters of other races.”
Other cancellable racial offences include Basil Fawlty accidentally ‘mentioning the war.’
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