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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- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
- LTLE BRA SPIR THE ONLY GAYS THE POLISH VILLAGE
- LLANDWI BREFI - ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE
LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
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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.
LTLE BRA SPIR THE ONLY GAYS THE POLISH VILLAGE
<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> * little britain only gay *
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
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 only gay *
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.
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.