I wonder whether the next generation, reared on the post-truth gospel according to Oprah and assorted lobbying groups, would regard this scene as the equivalent of those obscure bits of ‘comedy’ in Shakespeare which may have been side-splitting for his contemporaries but pass us by completely.
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The BBC's new propaganda unit or whatever they call it - would the person in charge be the FAcT CONTROLLER?
ReplyDeleteSome wag called the Beeb's new outfit the Vilify Unit. Sounds about right. Or rather left.
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether the next generation, reared on the post-truth gospel according to Oprah and assorted lobbying groups, would regard this scene as the equivalent of those obscure bits of ‘comedy’ in Shakespeare which may have been side-splitting for his contemporaries but pass us by completely.
ReplyDeleteSackers - ha ha, very good. Worth propagating.
ReplyDeletedearieme - I wish I'd thought of that. Outfits like the BBC are given a hard time by online wags. They may even suspect it by now.
Macheath - I'm sure you are right, they will see it as the equivalent of obscure bits of ‘comedy’ in Shakespeare.