OK, perhaps Tory was lazy shorthand, and it was probably in the wrong place in the post. It was more an almost agreement with the racism charge.
In placing it in the Tory camp, specifically about a sketch in which you can almost hear them saying "how can we do a sketch about political correctness gone mad?", I think what I meant was that there seems to me to be a bit of an alignment toward (hence "slant") the unexamined near-racism of the people who think the Mail or Express are just talking common sense. I felt that the show seems to be leaning to conservatism (big and small cs) in places when the radio show didn't give me the same feeling.
For me "a bit Tory" is negative but not a slur. It's a step back from saying it was racist or sexist or promoting class hatred (see Little Britain, Series 3). I understand why people are conservative, I just think they're wrong, and it's very seldom conservative comedy hits the right notes for me. So Tory is bit like "Hmmm.. not sure about the politics on that one".
Nice middle-class white boys (like myself) often have to work hard to avoid perpetuating the innate conservatism of the media, and when I see some who I previously admired maybe failing to do so, it comes as a bit of a disappointment.
Can someone hold my shovel? I'm getting a bit tired digging this hole.
So, yes, perhaps not the best-expressed post, but I maintain it wasn't dismissive. |
