Faux Pas

Last night I made a throwaway comment in reference to a Little Britain skit, or character, and was pulled up for thinking that it was amusing - namely, because it was "clearly woman-hating". And I can't stop thinking about being pulled up like this. I hate being cut down, I can't let it roll off me, I get completely obsessed and roll it over and over in my mind like a pebble in the hand.

The point is perhaps that I've never conceived it as such. I'm talking about the terrible incontinent elderly village woman of series 3 or 4. Not the best of taste, but the discussion was in context (trust me here), and I didn't describe anything. I always thought the joke was less the incontinence itself, but the amount of liquid that streams out of this woman and the fact she never, ever notices, even when the post office is flooding. [Keep in mind there is also an episode where she vomits everywhere as well. And doesn't notice. And vomits copiously].

But maybe Little Britain is a classic example of misogynist comedy? None of the principle woman characters are particularly likeable - on the other hand none of the characters Full Stop are likeable. Isn't that the comedic part - that these people are all so ghastly? Maybe I shouldn't like it at all... but I do so HATE obsessive Political Correctness. So dull, makes terrible comedy. And really, isn't being boring the Ultimate Offense?