17th July 2008, 12:58 PM
[quote]Originally posted by BAJR Host
well just when i was feeling that MArk Horton was being unfairly treated.. we get this
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadm...S=&P=27881
Is there anyone he has not offended yet?
well done for offending or condescending just about everyone...
/quote]
You kind of get the feeling that Mark Horton is busily digging himself a larger hole with every response (pun definately intended). Unless he is indeed also one of the writers/producers/chief executives at the BBC he should perhaps be expecting an annoyed email from the makers of the program if he's comments aren't to their liking (or perhaps a visit from shadowy agents in dark coats with semi-automatic weapons, in keeping with the last episode, which was considerably better than the first - I am really starting to get into it now!)
As for the sexism, I hate to say it but there are still some people like that in the world, even in archaeology, despite the best efforts of said men in black coats with semi-automatic weapons (or whomever it is that tries to put a stop to such things) to remove them. How you respond to it in a drama is one thing, in real life another.
Have seen enough clips of Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes I can only assume that part of the writers style is to have an excuse a for a slighly gruff/un-PC character in there just to snub their noses at everyone. Setting it in the 70s/80s is a convenient way of getting away with it (because everyone was sexist then, right!), using a what they maybe perceive as a masucline dominated world(despite two of the main characters being female) or one that perhaps has some quite old fashioned types is another.
This isn't just telly, its slightly dubious BBC PC/modern commentary docu-drama-nonsense telly.
And to adapt a previous comment - you can't polish a turd, no, but you can sh1t on one. It could be a lot worse.
well just when i was feeling that MArk Horton was being unfairly treated.. we get this
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadm...S=&P=27881
Is there anyone he has not offended yet?
well done for offending or condescending just about everyone...
/quote]
You kind of get the feeling that Mark Horton is busily digging himself a larger hole with every response (pun definately intended). Unless he is indeed also one of the writers/producers/chief executives at the BBC he should perhaps be expecting an annoyed email from the makers of the program if he's comments aren't to their liking (or perhaps a visit from shadowy agents in dark coats with semi-automatic weapons, in keeping with the last episode, which was considerably better than the first - I am really starting to get into it now!)
As for the sexism, I hate to say it but there are still some people like that in the world, even in archaeology, despite the best efforts of said men in black coats with semi-automatic weapons (or whomever it is that tries to put a stop to such things) to remove them. How you respond to it in a drama is one thing, in real life another.
Have seen enough clips of Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes I can only assume that part of the writers style is to have an excuse a for a slighly gruff/un-PC character in there just to snub their noses at everyone. Setting it in the 70s/80s is a convenient way of getting away with it (because everyone was sexist then, right!), using a what they maybe perceive as a masucline dominated world(despite two of the main characters being female) or one that perhaps has some quite old fashioned types is another.
This isn't just telly, its slightly dubious BBC PC/modern commentary docu-drama-nonsense telly.
And to adapt a previous comment - you can't polish a turd, no, but you can sh1t on one. It could be a lot worse.