The edian and actor says the 'only gay the village' character Dafydd Thomas was meant as entertament, not as a tool for bullyg.
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- ANOTHER GAY THE VILLAGE
- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
ANOTHER GAY THE VILLAGE
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]Exhib A: Elton John on Ltle Bra wh Dafydd Thomas "The Only Gay In The Village". Sir Elton John is to appear a Ltle Bra sketch for next year’s Comic Relief, claimg to be the ‘only gay 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.
LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
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.
So while some wrers maybe genuely attemptg to reflect their unrstandgs of real experienc, others perhaps see the “outst gay” trope as an easy way to quickly provi a character wh a troubled past and loner stat. In fact, this stereotype of isolated queerns is so mon that spired a edy sk on the show Ltle Bra, where young Daffyd Thomas sashays through his hometown cryg how misunrstood he is as “the only gay the village” all the while surround by a bevy of other queer villagers—cludg Elton John. But ’s also a brilliant medatn on the both the creative and stctive impuls that arise among margalized people attemptg to redrs the immense and long reachg harm that racism and homophobia impose upon their muni.