The ongoing debate of Censorship
A handful of regulation terminology:
The main regulatory boards of the UK are as follows:
Regulation and the Woman in Black: Woman in Black received a lot of scrutiny as it was given a 12A rating, and many children chose to go see the film due to Daniel Radcliffe's main role in the movie. Daniel Radcliffe is most famously known for his role as Harry Potter, so of course many children went to see the movie that he was starring in. Many children of a young age found the movie too shocking and terrifying for the age group, and this led to lots of criticism towards the movie. Ken Morley's ejection from Big Brother: Source links: https://youtu.be/rWdOPKf9uUg https://youtu.be/ZSnSDdd3uXc http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2906738/Ken-Morley-second-star-booted-Celebrity-Big-Brother-house.html In January 2015, Ofcom received 250 complaints about racist remarks on Channel 5's Big Brother. People may have complained about Big Brother’s content, as during the conversation of Frank Bruno, Ken Morley used highly derogatory comments in a way which offends an entire community. Morley has also received various warnings beforehand, meaning that people may have been frustrated with Morley continuing to use offensive language. The article states that Morley has been known for his controversial comments, and “repeatedly clashed with his housemates”. A prior warning was given to Morley following his labelling of Alexander O’Neal as a “nice big fat n***o”. Ken Morley is also responsible for making countless sexist remarks towards female housemates usually in a lewd or creepy manner. This kind of behaviour makes viewers and other actors on the show very uncomfortable, especially nowadays this sexist vocabulary is entirely unacceptable. One remark from Ken that really sparked an outrage was when he stated “They've got the best looking bodies. They've got the best looking a**** - what is wrong with a man looking?”. Morley’s derogatory sexualisation of women played a large role in the rise of complaints towards his behaviour on the show. A lot of the complaints from this incident came from the fact that Ken believed that he wasn't in the wrong and refused to give a sincere apology to the audience and his housemates in the show. Within the article one can see that Morley states “I don’t think it was offensive, it is an outdated expression but I didn’t want to offend anyone”. Morley’s continual lack of remorse may be a stimulus for further complaints, as viewers may have found the actor’s behaviour and attempts at apology unacceptable. Mind Your Language - The First Lesson https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3bxk0o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Your_Language http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2021/09/12/%E2%80%98mind-your-language%E2%80%99
Till Death Do Us Part - Strikes and Blackouts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0wIjpJDTII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Death_Us_Do_Part https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022009409356914
Love Thy Neighbour - Voodoo Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjeNxdK3W18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Thy_Neighbour_(1972_TV_series) https://mumbrella.com.au/epitome-of-racist-sitcom-love-thy-neighbour-being-aired-on-7two-35114
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Financial issues in the British Film Industry
According to an article by Screen Daily, the issue of finance has risen starkly following the COVID pandemic, with the UK's film and TV industry taking a £2.6 billion hit as of July 21st 2021. Film, TV, radio and photography lost an estimated 5% of jobs (12,800), and a total of 3.5 million jobs (which were directly supported by Britain's creative industries prior to the pandemic) were greatly affected by the pandemic, meaning that a large portion of the British film industry had been put under strain due to COVID. Britain's creative industry job-loss rate was also predicted to worsen later on, with employment in the creative industry decreasing to under 2 million for this first time since 2016, meaning more of British TV and the TV industry would be put under further financial strain.
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Solutions/Recovery to financial issues
The response to this issue of finance was to increase the spending and investment in the creative industry by 20%, with the aim of growing the creative industry by 26% by 2025 (which would open 300,000 new jobs). This would in turn generate an additional 28 billion pounds for the British economy. According to an article produced in February 2022, Britain's recovery plan has been successful, with 5.6 billion pounds being generated following blockbuster successes such as Mission Impossible 7 and other big-budget dramas. This was double the investment of spending in 2020, and according to the chief executive of the BFC, "the demand for content has never been greater". Over 200 films were produced in the year before the article's publication, highlighting Britain's recovery from the Corona virus' impacts. Major blockbuster films such as The Batman were produced in British studios, making up for the large deficit in investment prior to Britain's financial recovery.
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