Terry Gilliam responded to the diversity debate by saying he’s a black lesbian and these 15 responses say it all
Terry Gilliam’s not happy after the BBC’s comedy chief Shane Allen said if he was ‘going to assemble a team now, it’s not going to be six Oxbridge white blokes. It’s going to be a diverse range of people who reflect the modern world.’
In other words, not six Oxbridge white blokes like Monty Python.
This was Gilliam’s response on the issue of diversity, as told to the NME.
Terry Gilliam hits out at BBC’s diversity plans, saying: “I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian” https://t.co/9HRONBaXB6 pic.twitter.com/WfI5cZTyPS
— NME (@NME) July 5, 2018
“It made me cry: the idea that … no longer six white Oxbridge men can make a comedy show. Now we need one of this, one of that, everybody represented… this is bullshit.
“I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian… My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition.”
Did he have a point? Didn’t he have a point? These 15 people thought not.
1.
It never seems to occur to white men when they dismiss affirmative action that they themselves have benefited from centuries of white male affirmative action. https://t.co/Ej0kAc1fU5
— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) July 5, 2018
2.
oh for fucks sake, wipe your mouth, get your blankie and have a nap. https://t.co/6QjSrPKZLp
— Sarah Phelps (@PhelpsieSarah) July 5, 2018
3.
Our thoughts and best wishes are with multimillionaire Terry Gilliam at this difficult time. https://t.co/n17XCtJTID
— Cameron Yarde Jnr (@CameronYardeJnr) July 5, 2018
4.
If God existed, Gilliam would wake up tomorrow a black lesbian. https://t.co/Cu1x4rGqyG
— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) July 5, 2018
5.
Terry Gilliam is really throwing himself into his new project, retroactively ruining the work of Terry Gilliam. https://t.co/ENAhQS5Gbj
— Living Marble (@living_marble) July 5, 2018
6.
Shock horror! privileged white men can't comprehend anyone else could write something funny and so value of seeking out diversity in writing….would be funniest thing Gilliam has produced in years except sadly this blinkered approach no joke…#21stcenturycalling https://t.co/w5nxeyKfME
— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) July 5, 2018
7.
Just waiting for the carbon-dating to come back on that 'joke'. https://t.co/0GKoZ0TVt9
— Lisa Holdsworth (@WorksWithWords) July 5, 2018
