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    Britain’s Got Talent hit with Ofcom complaints over drag Titanic act: ‘Poor taste’
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    Britain’s Got Talent hit with Ofcom complaints over drag Titanic act: ‘Poor taste’

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    1. AerodynamicHandshake on

      Christ, imagine working at Ofcom and having to deal with these sort of complaints.

      I dare say that many of the complainers aren’t as bothered about a tragedy that occured 112 years ago as….something else.

    2. Clbull on

      Ummm…. [Didn’t South Park establish the rule that it takes 22.3 years (or 8145 days) for a tragedy to become funny?](https://youtu.be/szfUkJ0-Bv8?si=3POsmDNnS70r82H4)

      By that definition, the sinking of the Titanic became funny on 2nd August 1934….

      Somehow I get the feeling these complaints weren’t actually about the Titanic…

    3. _triperman_ on

      “Poor taste” presumably due to the stories of men dressing up as women to get space on the lifeboats.

      Women and children first, and all that.

      It does seem a bit ill-advised to do a drag-act about such an incident.

    4. Creative_Total_2229 on

      Viewers of Britains got talent complain about poor taste.

      Ironic.

    5. mobjusticeCT on

      I’m absolutely sickend that this was broadcasted on national television. Absolutely horrific, I need to lay down

    6. Business_Ad561 on

      So I’ve read that on average, BGT gets anywhere from 6-10 million TV viewers.

      The article states that there were 78 complaints. Which is 0.0013% of TV viewers complaining, if we take the lowest viewership figure.

      PinkNews stirring up a whole lot of nothing as per usual.

    7. Happytallperson on

      These grouchy sods are going to be furious when they learn about Dad’s Army, Allo Allo, Blackadder Goes Forth, Carry on England, that Monty Python sketch about the Funniest Joke in the world, or many other British slapsticks of various quality centred on the World Wars, in which I am given to understand a reasonable number of people died.

      Presumably modern films like Iannuchi’s ‘In the Loop’ (Iraq War), ‘Death of Stallin’ and so forth need banning to.

    10. SThomW on

      I think a complaint that Britain’s Got Talent is still on the air would be more apt