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06-12-15, 05:34 PM

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MattyG

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Originally Posted by swajames

Some of you guys clearly have had chronic sense of humor failures and have totally missed the subtlety in Top Gear. The vast majority of it is indeed poking fun at the Brits themselves and also at their (and general) stereotypical views of the world. That's something the Brits do better than anyone. And as evidenced by some of the responses here, it's clearly something that the Brits understand about themselves better than anyone.

And what exactly was Clarkson doing when he "went off" on his producer? Poking fun? The Brits may do wonderful humor: Fawlty Towers, Mr. Bean, etc. but it doesn't excuse crossing the line in an automotive news, variety show.

What "stereotypical views" are you talking about...this?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...c-9683097.html

How about this?

http://news.sky.com/story/1253913/to...ed-controversy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...com-rules.html

You have fallen for or are deliberately using the "oh don't take it so seriously because I really hate you but don't have the guts to say it", school of Brit passive/aggressive behaviour.

No one is having a "humor failure" here. Some of us are a little more constructive and intelligent when it comes to what we think the BBC likes to set for standards on its programming.

The Brits are not geniuses. If they were they would still be Colonial Empire rulers and would own your state. Apologists come in all forms but TG definitely has a quite a base from what I can see.