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Stars from the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />UK are a success in the US because they are less politically correct, one TV executive has said.

Speaking at Broadcast‘s “Cracking the US” event this week, Fremantle creative director Eugene Young reportedly said that using a “sophisticated British host” allowed producers to get away with being non-PC in a US TV industry that was less likely to take risks.

Young said UK stars were “more direct and say it how it is”, and pointed at Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell and Anne Robinson as examples.

 

Yes, thank you Hollywood for turning our airwaves over to the British because you are too scared to let Americans tell the truth for fear of offending someone. 

 

 

From the Daily Mail.uk

 

A school is planning to axe Halloween in a bid to avoid offending religious parents.

Pupils at Tonna Primary School in Wales were looking forward donning spooky costumes for a traditional Halloween party.

Instead teachers at the school in Neath want October 31 to be called the Autumn Festival and will celebrate it with a regular disco.

Parents have branded the banning of Halloween as “another example of political correctness gone mad.”

One furious mum said: “It’s unbelievable that they should mess around with a night of fun for the kids who have been looking foward to it.

“Children all over the World dress up and the trick-and-treat night is an enjoyable part of them growing up.

“The Parent-Teacher Association is trying to sort out the Halloween disco but this year the school doesn’t want it to be called Halloween disco.

“The teachers said it may offend some people which is ridiculous. We’ve had a Halloween disco for years now but now they want to call it the Autumn Disco.

“I think it’s political correctness gone mad again.”

Staff and parents are meeting again next week to discuss the situation.

Head teacher Lloyd Jones said: “No decision has been made yet. All we’ve done is discuss ideas with the PTA.”

“I have an open door policy here and if anybody wants to discuss any concerns with me they can.

“The children are the most important thing here and we’ll make sure we have a little disco that everyone can enjoy – whatever we decide to call it.”

Father Eugene Monaghan, of St Joseph‘s Roman Catholic Church in Neath, said: “What the school does is up to the school.

“I think the meaning of Halloween has been confused over the years just in the same way as the meaning of Christmas has been confused.”

I’m really not sure what religious parents the school were afraid of offending but based on the reaction of parents it definitely wasn’t a large majority.  There are religious groups in the U.S. who don’t support the idea of Halloween celebrations either but most people are unwilling to ban them and deprive their children of some harmless fun. 

Madness Indeed.

 

 

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