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What do you think? Joke I found offensive.

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Jane10 Sat 31-Dec-16 20:10:09

Gay men happily use those terms about themselves!

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bellsisabelle Sat 31-Dec-16 19:58:34

He was about twelve or thirteen. I think he would have understood. And the older members of the cast certainly would have done. Can casual homophobia be alright? No, I don't think so. "Poof" and "fairy" applied to gay men are offensive terms.

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Ana Sat 31-Dec-16 19:55:47

The panto I went to with DD and GDs contained a couple of 'jokes' I considered to be in bad taste.

It was Peter Pan and one of the pirates told Tiger Lily to run on the spot, then said 'I left my Injun running'...

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Antonia Sat 31-Dec-16 19:51:53

Perhaps I am naive here but I don't think that most children would understand the implications of the joke. How old was the child saying the lines? Perhaps even he didn't fully understand his lines. It was in bad taste , but children can be exposed to far worse.

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DaphneBroon Sat 31-Dec-16 19:45:23

A bit silly, not hugely funny, but homophobic??
Panto would be dead in the water if it was PC.

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bellsisabelle Sat 31-Dec-16 19:43:54

Was at a panto with daughter this afternoon. It was put on by a children's theatre group, ages about five to seventeen.

One of the jokes went like this:

Young boy enters stage, preceded by a smoke "bomb". Says "I'm a fairy". Other character says "Oh. Is that what the poof of smoke was about?". Young boy says "Not that kind of fairy".

I think that's homophobic and a disgraceful example to children.

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