Insane Racists Influence CBC Ratings
January 28, 2007 · By Kelly T Konechny
A glimpse of the inward looking personality of the mother corp was held up by the cool kid the other night on “The Hour”.
The Hour, broadcast on January 25th, featured a little rant by show host George Stroumboulopolos about the network’s multicultural gem, Little Mosque on the Prairie. Praise is given to the new sitcom for being inducted into the Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angles (after two shows, yes we heard you George). George goes on further to discuss the shows ratings and how they were split, er, ummm, amazing, well, split, not split, well most people liked it. And the others? Those others who found it to be more CBC produced time wasting?
“A few were insanely racist, and they were insanely racist, there’s no way to cover it.”
The narrow view of those at the CBC is barley wide enough to fit their own egos through each day. This is how more of our tax dollars are bartered for in CBC board meetings. Have business plans for development been replaced by partisan chicken scratching and explanations of viewers who don’t choose to watch as “insanely racist”?
Note: For those of you who can’t sit through the entire show, or who may be insanely racist against people with Greek last names, the comments are made at around the 25:00 mark.
About the 27m mark.
They’ve gotten feedback on the show. Some people liked it, some didn’t. Some of the feedback they got was extremely racist.
Beyond the fact that you don’t want to be taxed for anything, I’m not seeing your point.
I didn’t watch beyond that. Did they get into a commentary on the FLQ threat?
I don’t know how anyone could come away from that segment thinking that Strombo was suggesting that all of those who did not like the show are “insanely racist.”
“Programs have been selected on the basis of artistic achievement, social impact, or historic significance.” I think the Museum of Television and Radio jumped the gun a bit on this one. It must be the first TV program in North America with a Muslim theme.
Speaking of racism, there’s a little clip in that show (they use for advertising it) where the father is insulting his daughter for looking like a Protestant.
Can you imagine if a show was made where someone said “You look like a Muslim”, as if it was a bad thing.
I think you should probably watch the show William. Lacking that perspective, however, I can certainly see your point.
The show pokes fun at stereotypes all over the place,it’s equal opportunity ribbing.
As for the show with George, beyond what can subjectively be made of his comment, he had the BNL on for pete’s sake. They’re notoriously right-wing. [ ;) ]
I love this show.
White people who live in Saskatchewan are so stupid.
It is so fun to laugh at them They are such sub-humans.
Yeh people who don’t turn on their television because they don’t like to be preached at yet again for something they didn’t do, and have no real interest in. If you want viewers you find out what they like, then build on that. You DO NOT decide for them what they should like and then act surprised when they don’t agree with you.