<p>Acced of fuellg stereotyp over here, Poland Ltle Bra is gog down a storm wh the embattled gay muny. So is any TV reprentatn better than none?</p>
Contents:
- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
- LLANDWI BREFI - ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE
- LTLE BRA SPIR THE ONLY GAYS THE POLISH VILLAGE
LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
The edian and actor says the 'only gay the village' character Dafydd Thomas was meant as entertament, not as a tool for bullyg. * little britain biggest gay in the village *
Matt says the character was meant to be a ‘celebratn’ of gay people (Picture: Rex Featur, BBC)Comedian and actor Matt Lus has spoken out about his ntroversial Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas, better known as ‘the only gay the village’. Matt said he knows the character has been ed as a tool to bully young gay people, but sists that was not the show’s tentn. ‘I have had people who had ‘you are the only gay the village’ said to them and to was meant to be a celebratn, ’ he told Richard Herrg’s RHLSTP podst.
‘But people were labelled ‘the only gay the village’ at school.
It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad. Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men. The character is emed offensive by many (Picture: BBC)‘I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever, ’ the 45-year-old told the podst.
LLANDWI BREFI - ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE
A great memorable quote om the Ltle Bra movie on - Daffyd: I am the only gay the village * little britain biggest gay in the village *
Daffyd: I am the only gay the village. Llandwi Brefi - only gay the village.
Llandwi Brefi was ma famo by the BBC televisn seri Ltle Bra where the character Daffyd Thomas (the only gay the village played by Matt Lus) lived. Ltle BraCast & crewEpiso aired Dec 24, 2005TV-PG30mDafydd has to ci whether to rema the only gay the village, or leave to jo the other gays London.
Read allDafydd has to ci whether to rema the only gay the village, or leave to jo the other gays London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAAcrdg to today's Sun, Ltle Bra, which has been nng on Polish TV sce April, has bee an spiratn to gay Pol their stggle agast homegrown prejudice.
LTLE BRA SPIR THE ONLY GAYS THE POLISH VILLAGE
Llandwi Brefi was ma famo by the BBC televisn seri Ltle Bra where the character Daffyd Thomas (the only gay the village played by Matt * little britain biggest gay in the village *
Unlikely as might sound, Matt Lus' Dafydd Thomas (the only gay the village) and David Walliams' Sebastian Love (the man love wh the prime mister) have bee ins of gay pri a untry whose ernment was nmned by the European Commissn for s homophobic irony, of urse, is that here Bra, the show has prompted gmbl om some liberal quarters for s slapstick portrayal of homosexual mor and manners. "The figure of Dafydd is now routely ed by anti-gay right-wgers, " wrote Johann Hari the Inpennt.
"Ltle Bra has ma a huge impact here, " said Mirka Makuchowska, of the Polish Campaign Agast Homophobia. Poland's Print Lech Kaczynski banned gay march when he was mayor of Warsaw. Earlier this year, on a vis to Ireland, he said that if homosexualy was eely promoted, the human race would disappear.
"It's not the tert of any society to crease the number of homosexuals, " said his tw brother, Jaroslaw, Poland's Prime Mister.
Episo #3.6: Directed by Declan Lowney. Wh Matt Lus, David Walliams, Keh Alexanr, Joanna Ban. Dafydd has to ci whether to rema the only gay the village, or leave to jo the other gays London. Florence has to ci whether or not to hang up her crol. And Carol's puter has to ci whether or not to say no to a ctomer hopg to go on a round-the-world cise. Elsewhere, Marjorie learns that sorry really is the harst word; Mrs. Emery viss her lol GP plag of knee trouble; and Lda's stunts are revoltg. If the tth be told, she uldn't agree more..." data-id="ma * little britain biggest gay in the village *
)Actually, should e as no surprise that broad or bawdy pictns of homosexualy should spire a beleaguered gay unrground a culture where homophobia is tolerated, or even actively enuraged. To out and proud gay libbers, John Inman's mcg Mr Humphri looked like a hackneyed riture, but for ls monstrative gay men like Matthew Parris, he was a godsend, as was Kenh Williams a before. "Hail to them all: the ludicro old queens; the drag artists; the pantomime homosexuals, " wrote Parris The Tim, after Inman died, this racial (racist?
Personally, I n't get enough of Dafydd or Sebastian, but even if you've had your fill of Lus and Walliams, 's great to hear that they've cheered up Poland's embattled gay muny.