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What did you think ov the BBC two-parter where ppl changed race by donning make-up and masks ?

― , Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

They contacted us to see if they could get some SOAS Students involved. I told them to fuck off with their not at all probing, sensationalist idea of journalism.

― Pete, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It does look like very shallow 'ooh clever makeup' nonsense. Also, the black man turned white looks like someone from a Peter Jackson movie.

― N., Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

watched it once - thought it was quite interesting when the disguised people went among the communities they had adopted the look of, but it didn't really get all that in-depth, did it? i was quite disappointed by it for some reason. and i thought that the Bangladeshi girl who was disguised as white still looked quite Bangladeshi - they did a *terrible* job on her hair!

― katie, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Want to see a job done well?

The guy on the left is Canibus (whose career is so up the creek he had to try starting beef with Emimem (who wisely ignored him)).

― Ramosi, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"I told them to fuck off with their not at all probing, sensationalist idea of journalism."

Speaking of which, did anyone see that "Have A Go Heroes" thing? Awful, espically the end where they couldn't think of how to finish the programme so they conjured up some bollocks with the kid of the killed man climbing up a ladder to reach his dead dad who was in the sky. "I can't reach him, mummy!" All this to piss-weak piano music. And that bit where those kids who went after the bloke who stole a woman's watch were shown running towards the thief wearing Spiderman and Superman costumes was stupid.

― Chris Lyons, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am very glad I did not see 'Have A Go Heroes', for if I had I would probably now be dead of a rage induced coronary.

― RickyT, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it could have been better. Daniel, the black guy who was changed into white, cuts my hair when Verity's on holiday. He was a good choice but the 'makeovers' were well dodgy.

― suzy, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Brass Eye, February 1997, roughly: "we changed our white reporter into a black man ... within 30 minutes he had committed a pocket theft and assaulted this woman ... I ask Nelson Koka, representing every single black person in Britain, what does this mean ..."

Morris five years ahead of sensationalist reality as always, it seems.

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Daniel, the black guy who was changed into white, cuts my hair when Verity's on holiday.

Just to be clear: THIS IS NOT ME.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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