This is an absolutely bloody marvelous filmIt is one of those little gems that worked its way into the public domain before the hideously self-conscious PC brigade came along and outlawed everything.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that people should be made fun of because of what they are; only of what they choose to be.
This film is about racism, it is not racist. (in the same way as it ain't half hot mum was - another classic.) It is about the way that the inhabitants of a country were treated by the Brits and is really a pisstake of the way the the Brits handled India over a hundred years ago.
They wouldn't dare make a film like this nowadays. Pity. Good job I have a copy of the DVD at home.
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Don't get me wrong, I don't think that people should be made fun of because of what they are; only of what they choose to be.
This film is about racism, it is not racist. (in the same way as it ain't half hot mum was - another classic.) It is about the way that the inhabitants of a country were treated by the Brits and is really a pisstake of the way the the Brits handled India over a hundred years ago.
They wouldn't dare make a film like this nowadays. Pity. Good job I have a copy of the DVD at home.