There has been such blatent ageism, heightism, and erm, campism (?) this series, it really is apalling and rather depressing 
Before the anti-PC brigade chirp up, I'll make it clear - I'm not claiming criminal discrimination, or deliberate attempts to upset anyone, or that anyone's human rights have been violated, and so on. OK? I'm merely referring to the seemingly never-ending, casual, lazy, stereotyping - which I'd (perhaps wrongly) assumed to be exactly the sort of outdated, predictable & unnecessary attitudes of which the BBC would be keen to set an example, by avoiding ...?
They kept banging on about Lesley Joseph's age... so much that even she admitted she'd found it frustrating & annoying, shortly after been booted out... even though the comments/references were almost always "positive", "encouraging" and/or made with good intentions, and so on.
[NOTE - That's a vital aspect of the point I'm trying to make, which the bbc/scd/the show's writers just don't seem capable of grasping, or even caring about]
Claudia/AJ = love's young dream, too cute for skool, young hearts run free, high school crush, pocket rockets, teeny tiny, young, small, little, youth, young, young, age, age, small, small, height, height. Every. Five. Seconds. Change the record, please!?
Claudia has won FOUR gold medals, and could literally somersault over Greg Rutherford's head if she wanted to, yet the amount of respect she is afforded by the show is often either completely non-existent, or else served up with a thick dollop of patronising/marginalised/undermarking/condescending/undermining/harmless-fun-poking/age-size-related-comments at every available opportunity.
Gethin's exclusive backstage 'interview' with "guys" Claudia, Greg & Ore on Friday's ITT was excruciatingly painful to observe - he clearly had zero interest in her, allowing her approx 3 seconds to (almost) answer his rushed, barely-coherent question, before cutting her off with "All part of the day job for you!", turning his back, and proceeding to laugh/chat/giggle/banter with Greg & Ore, back & forth for endless purile minutes, mostly about "shants" (a MAN-only thing, and thus no need for Claudia to even be on the screen anymore, never mind part of the "interview"....)
Did I happen to miss the episode where someone said to Ore:
"Wow, I can't believe how BLACK you are! You're just... SO black! I can hardly see you! Bet you can't wait to get to BLACKpool, eh? Aye, aye, nudge, nudge. Just having a laff mate, nothing offensive, no need to blub. Don't worry anyway, we've ditched the plan to have you dressed up as a slave next week. We tried, but the sequinned KKK costume we made for Joanne doesn't fit, argh! So we're going to dress you up as an African chief instead! Performing a voodoo seduction ritual on Jo with a piece of burning wood. Danny's well jealous! He thinks you really are an African tribesman, bless him. He's doing a Black-and-White-Minstrels themed Waltz.... with a twist! He'll be blacked up & Oti will be tippexed from head to toe! Tee hee. Nowt wrong wi dat, is de, matey? Just a bit of fun, innit? Good old British Saturday night entertainment on the BBC. Sevverrn! (7). LOL. They don't like it up 'em. Do they, hey? Eh? Aye? Whasssup? Nudge, wink, toot, sniff, wave arms, fall-off-chair. Nice to see you, to see you nice. Good game, good game. Didn't they do well? Rodney, you plonker! Keep out of the black & in the red, nothing in this game for two-in-a-bed. Oo-er, missus! I don't belieeeve it! The boys are right. Let's welcome our Stricklly staaaars. Pickle my walnuts. Yeah, I know. Am I bovvered? Is it because I is black? Harold! You know what I mean, Harry? Don't tell 'em, Pike! I'll save you, Kevin! We're gonna need a bigger boat.... Oh, hang on, sorry.... "
I think I missed that episode
Perhaps it'll still be available on iPlayer?
Many cheers,
Dr
Last edited by midflight : 14-11-2016 at 12:43

Before the anti-PC brigade chirp up, I'll make it clear - I'm not claiming criminal discrimination, or deliberate attempts to upset anyone, or that anyone's human rights have been violated, and so on. OK? I'm merely referring to the seemingly never-ending, casual, lazy, stereotyping - which I'd (perhaps wrongly) assumed to be exactly the sort of outdated, predictable & unnecessary attitudes of which the BBC would be keen to set an example, by avoiding ...?

They kept banging on about Lesley Joseph's age... so much that even she admitted she'd found it frustrating & annoying, shortly after been booted out... even though the comments/references were almost always "positive", "encouraging" and/or made with good intentions, and so on.
[NOTE - That's a vital aspect of the point I'm trying to make, which the bbc/scd/the show's writers just don't seem capable of grasping, or even caring about]
Claudia/AJ = love's young dream, too cute for skool, young hearts run free, high school crush, pocket rockets, teeny tiny, young, small, little, youth, young, young, age, age, small, small, height, height. Every. Five. Seconds. Change the record, please!?
Claudia has won FOUR gold medals, and could literally somersault over Greg Rutherford's head if she wanted to, yet the amount of respect she is afforded by the show is often either completely non-existent, or else served up with a thick dollop of patronising/marginalised/undermarking/condescending/undermining/harmless-fun-poking/age-size-related-comments at every available opportunity.
Gethin's exclusive backstage 'interview' with "guys" Claudia, Greg & Ore on Friday's ITT was excruciatingly painful to observe - he clearly had zero interest in her, allowing her approx 3 seconds to (almost) answer his rushed, barely-coherent question, before cutting her off with "All part of the day job for you!", turning his back, and proceeding to laugh/chat/giggle/banter with Greg & Ore, back & forth for endless purile minutes, mostly about "shants" (a MAN-only thing, and thus no need for Claudia to even be on the screen anymore, never mind part of the "interview"....)

Did I happen to miss the episode where someone said to Ore:
"Wow, I can't believe how BLACK you are! You're just... SO black! I can hardly see you! Bet you can't wait to get to BLACKpool, eh? Aye, aye, nudge, nudge. Just having a laff mate, nothing offensive, no need to blub. Don't worry anyway, we've ditched the plan to have you dressed up as a slave next week. We tried, but the sequinned KKK costume we made for Joanne doesn't fit, argh! So we're going to dress you up as an African chief instead! Performing a voodoo seduction ritual on Jo with a piece of burning wood. Danny's well jealous! He thinks you really are an African tribesman, bless him. He's doing a Black-and-White-Minstrels themed Waltz.... with a twist! He'll be blacked up & Oti will be tippexed from head to toe! Tee hee. Nowt wrong wi dat, is de, matey? Just a bit of fun, innit? Good old British Saturday night entertainment on the BBC. Sevverrn! (7). LOL. They don't like it up 'em. Do they, hey? Eh? Aye? Whasssup? Nudge, wink, toot, sniff, wave arms, fall-off-chair. Nice to see you, to see you nice. Good game, good game. Didn't they do well? Rodney, you plonker! Keep out of the black & in the red, nothing in this game for two-in-a-bed. Oo-er, missus! I don't belieeeve it! The boys are right. Let's welcome our Stricklly staaaars. Pickle my walnuts. Yeah, I know. Am I bovvered? Is it because I is black? Harold! You know what I mean, Harry? Don't tell 'em, Pike! I'll save you, Kevin! We're gonna need a bigger boat.... Oh, hang on, sorry.... "
I think I missed that episode
Perhaps it'll still be available on iPlayer? Many cheers,
Dr
Last edited by midflight : 14-11-2016 at 12:43