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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dammit. I thought he was funny, turns out he's a xenophobic fuckhead.

I actually already couldn't enjoy Fawlty Towers anymore, the racism is obvious to me now that I'm an adult. It's distasteful. I guess for John, it wasn't just "the times" the show was made in. Ah well, plenty of not-fuckheads whose work can be enjoyed.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He’s both: funny and a xenophobic fuckhead.

Although… I’m not so sure that he’s still funny these days. It would seem not.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I agree. I guess I should have said I used to think he was funny. It's been a long damn time since he said anything that made me laugh.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're allowed to enjoy something for what it is while recognizing it's problematic.

Or follow gay humour where you find a bunch of fag jokes but you're laughing at the bumbling fool/homophobic person.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

But that's what I'm saying - I don't think those kind of jokes are funny anymore. When I was younger I thought it was all in good fun, that nobody really meant it and that's why it was funny, but then I saw the world and realised it's very much not. The humour was drained away by the hatred.