Gay actor Ian McKellen has cricised the "mp" portrayal of gays on televisn. He said that edy sketch such as Matt Lus' only gay the village Ltle Bra were not helpful fosterg tolerance.
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- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
- POLISH CENSOR CUTS GAY 'LTLE BRA' SKETCH
- MATT LUS FENDS 'ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE' SK
- IAN MCKELLEN CRICIS LTLE BRA GAY SKETCH
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 gay mp sketch *
Daffyd - buys a Gay Tim. Take a journey around Ltle Bra and meet all your favoure characters, cludg juvenile lquent Vicky Pollard ('No but yeah but no'); Daffyd Thomas, who claims to be the only gay his village; Sebastian Love, the Government ai wh a mad csh on the Prime Mister; evil FatFighters urse lear Marjorie Daw; bbish transvte Ey Howard ('I'm a lady! 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’.
POLISH CENSOR CUTS GAY 'LTLE BRA' SKETCH
Poland's state broadster TVP says has censored an episo of the Brish edy show Ltle Bra bee showed a gay vir kissg his boyiend. * little britain gay mp sketch *
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.
MATT LUS FENDS 'ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE' SK
Matt Lus has fend his Ltle Bra character Daffyd Thomas whose nng gag on the edy show was that he's 'the only gay the village'. * little britain gay mp sketch *
‘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.
IAN MCKELLEN CRICIS LTLE BRA GAY SKETCH
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.