BBC apologizes for anti-Filipina “Harry and Paul” sketch
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has issued an apology for airing a comedy sketch that portrayed a Filipina in a very demeaning manner.
This is from BBC’s Complaints Division:
“Firstly, we’re sorry if you were in any way offended by the program as this wasn’t our intention,”
“It in no way represents real people and was never intended to offend or demean any viewer,”
“We recognize that you were personally offended by the sketch and would like to assure you that your complaint has been registered on our audience log,”
The complaints division of the network described “Harry & Paul” as a “post-watershed comedy sketch show well-known for its exaggerated humour and absurd characters.”
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:41 am
e di mabuti naman, tuwang-tuwa nyan lahat lalo na yung mga balat-sibuyas
October 16th, 2008 at 10:34 am
masaya na kayo?! ha?! nakakahinga na kayo ng maige?! simpleng bagay lang eh, mga balat sibuyas kayo!
October 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am
buti naman.. kala ko mag mamatigas pa ang bbc eh..
October 16th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
To Krisna and Talangkang Pinoy:
Sanay siguro kayong binabastos kaya siguro ganyan ang inyong pag-iisip. Ok lang sana kung dito sa sarili nating bayan ginawa ang ganyang scene, pero kung sa ibang bansa….that means nagre-reflect yan sa mga filipino as a whole kasama kayo dun. Mahirap bang intindihin yun? Kung ito-tolerate natin yun e baka hindi lang ganyang sumasayaw ang ipalabas nila.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
over reacting mga pinoy
they gave the world naman this impression rin na there are many filipina made to order bride, many filipina prostitue all over the world.
what’s new?
October 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
nakakalungkot isipin pero sana hindi hinahayaan ung mga ganyan, nagiging unified ang pagiisip nila sa mga Pilipino e. lalong lalala ang discrimination sa ating mga pinoy e. Halimbawa n lang sa Hongkong ang tingin sa mga pinoy dun e, puro mga DH, kasi un ang nakararami dun. kaya sana mawal ung ganung attitude at tingin ng tao sa ating mga pinoy. Buti n lang ang mga pinoy dito sa Dubai ay hindi itinuturing na pang isang klaseng mababang propesyon lang kundi mga engineers at mga nasa office area. sana hindi na masundan ang mga ganitong instances dahil image ng mga pinoy (in general) ang maapektuhan dito.
October 16th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
TO Krisna, ikaw ang isang dahilan bakit tayo inaapi! Mga walang kwentang PILIPINO!!! sa mga asal ninyong yon kayo yung tipong kahit duraan sa mukha nakangiti pa rin. SHAME ON YOU!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 1:54 am
“your complaint has been registered on our audience log”
sus
ibig sabihin.. NO BIG DEAL
October 17th, 2008 at 2:03 am
ipokrito kayo..
bakit hindi ba ginagawang kahiya hiya at katatawanan dito sa Pinas ang mga negro, inchik at kung ano ano pang nasyonalidad.
pdewe ba… makabayan kuno. ewn ko sa inyo.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:27 am
@boooo!
for once, tama ka, may sense ka ngayon ha.
Oo mga negro o intsik lage sila niloloko sa mga comedy programs ng pinoy, pero di sila complain at di sila balat sibuyas! pero mga pilipino pag sila yung inaapi, iyakin! sa mga OFWs na tsimaay, magsitigil kayo sa kalokohan ninyo, yan ang pinasukan nyong work kaya wag kayo mapikon sa katotohanan na second class citizens kayo at dapat lang apihin!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:45 am
magtigil ka talangka sipitan ko utak mo, ayaan mo pag binastos ka ng mga dayuhan ako pa unang tatalikod sa inyo wala ka sa posisyon nila para sabihin ayaan na lang, nagtratrabaho at ngsasakripisyo sila dun hindi para pagtawanan. PWE!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
^normal naman ung ganun para sa iba
October 17th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Kung balat sibuyan man ang over -reaction nasinasabi ng iba, balat sibuyas den ang apology ng BBC, they could do it again and give the same lame excuse….its was so insensitive….. working as DH and maid is not a sweet choice they made, it was out of sacrifice….it was hard enough for them to be away from their family, but to tag them names for fun is like adding insult to the injury.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:03 am
I want to add insult to injury… tsimay pa rin sila period!! LOL
October 18th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Mas tsimay naman ang dating ng ugali mo … go back to school…. for trying to put pinoys down, you certainly lost respect for yourself being a filipino that you are, and that is more of shame than a foreigner making fun of pinoys…foreigners could have a good a excuse because they are not filipinos, but you who is a sorry excuse of a filipino is the most shameful thing that could happened to pinoys…bwahahaha….Period ka dyan, LOL
October 18th, 2008 at 7:38 am
gande ng sinabi mo juicekoday! agree ako jan! Bravo!!!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:52 am
nahurt si juicekoday, isang tsimay, LOL! isa kang OFW, Overused Filipino Weakling! I hope to see more anti-Filipina chants by BBC in the near future para mainis mga balat sibuyas tulad mo, LOL! OFL – Overused Filipino L.o.s.e.r.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
agree ako sa iyo juice ko day. You hit the spot!
October 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
ROFL ….for sure, tagalinis ng takubets si Talangka using his tongue, mas poor pa sa OFW himself, he cant admit that the more he say the word LOSER, he was actually convincing himself that he is a LOSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR , Bwhahahaa
October 18th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
utak talangka talaga to c Talakang Pinoy…
ala nang sinabing maganda…
dapat jan cnisunog ng buhay!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
That is actually not an apology. It is in an email reply justifying that the mentioning FILIPINA MAID has not relevance on the SKIT.
I got that same reply when I sent my complaint. It is not an APOLOGY but a justification that they won’t apologize.
On my reply to that email, I ask them to include a skits where someone called a BLACK MAN NIGER or make fun of MOHAMMAD or joke about JEWS and see what happens?
The producer of the SHOW did apologize in PUBLIC but not BBC and in fact trying to justify that it is OK to f… INSULT minorities.There is no point in mentioning FILIPINA there, a MAID could do if they cannot resist having fun of WOMEN as SEX OBJECT.
You may want to publish the whole email. BBC has RACIST people inside it but not ALL.