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A meritocracy is great and I don't think people should be given things for free but the problem is in a lot of western countries historically (but still in living memory) non-white ethnic groups have been segregated and whilst this isn't the case today the long lasting effects of segregation are still being felt. In America majority black neighbourhoods are poorer than the white ones because in the recent past most well paid jobs went to white people, therefore the black people who lived during segregation didn't have the money and couldn't afford good education for their children and grandchildren. And as a consequence (of something that happened decades ago) black people in the modern day do not have the opportunities that white people have, and struggle with education and employment. Affirmative action is just an attempt to make the playing field more equal for those who would struggle to get into certain jobs, collages etc., white people can still get all of those things based on their own merit. To touch on the 'cancel culture' aspect first. In my opinion, it isn't a real (effective) thing. If you think about the people who have been cancelled you get the likes of Dave Chappelle, who is still doing stand up comedy, or JK Rowling, who is still writing books and making millions, or Donald Trump, who has a 50/50 shot of being in-charge of the most powerful country in the world this year. Cancel culture really only works if what you are being cancelled for involves insurmountable evidence that you have committed a crime. In regards to retroactively judging historical figures, in my opinion it is something that is needed to be done. Take Churchill for example, the man was a brilliant war time leader, he was also racist, the latter doesn't override the former but it is something that should be acknowledged. If you don't recognise the mistakes of the past then you don't learn from them. And with certain historical figures it isn't judging them based on modern ideas, Woodrow Wilson was incredibly racist even in the 1910s and Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner something that was criticised at the time by abolitionists. Statues of slave traders and the like should be taken down as we knowing better (not that people didn't know at the time) should not be proud of them.

Arguing over race in Shakespeare is just idiocy (not you, you're more or less spot on here). When the plays were written, Juliet (like all female roles) would have been played by a man, so if in its original context the gender of the actor doesn't matter in performing the play, then in the 21st century the race of the actor really shouldn't matter.

I've been asked this before and the conclusion I came to then was, unless race is intrinsic to the character's identity, the race of the actor playing them shouldn't matter just get a good actor. Mandela or MLK or Hitler etc need to be played be people of the same race whereas (to take an example from a few years ago) Anne Boleyn can be portrayed as any race as her race is not relevant to story. There's a massive difference between a Morgan Freeman playing Thomas Edison and Michael Caine playing Fredrick Douglas. The same principle applies to gender. The only caveat I would add is that you would maybe want to make sure that the audience understands that what they're watching is fiction so that they don't come away thinking the wrong thing, but then again thinking that Stan Lee was Indian or Oprah was white doesn't really effect how you view them (unless you're racist, but at that point who gives a shit).

I'll give something new a Try (Sutrisno)

Now that the game has started, quick question. How are things going to work in regards to people who's death notices/obits say they died in hospital but were never announced to be going in beforehand? Would the player get the +10 and then -20 (making -10) or would they just get the -20?

I opened Twitter this morning and this was the first thing I saw, cruellest April Fools joke ever played, I was so excited then immediately crushed upon clicking on the article.

I think his only hope is the Guardian, most likely written by Toby Hadoke.

Emily Willis has woken up from an almost 2 month long coma and is reportedly in a vegetative state.

It's a term of endearment to me, one of my closest friends and I often call each other cunts.

Can we please all mind our language. (and by that I mean calling them 'cunts' is not enough, in fact I don't think there's a word in the English language bad enough to describe them).

The question is did she bring the lamb with her or did she find it roaming around the dilapidated church and grabbed it for the picture.

I commented on this last year but Annette Crosbie of One Foot in the Grave fame hasn't been active since the pandemic and wasn't looking so good in her last credit (Ricky Gervais's Afterlife), she's very deathlisty name in my opinion and having just turned 90 would be a better pick than the still active Patricia Routledge.

He doesn't look that bad, especially in comparison to his predecessors before they died, but the amount of times he's been in and out of hospital in this past year or so, mostly for lung related issues, makes me think that their might be something seriously wrong.

You know at this point I'm getting tempted to go down the Trump route and claim fraud in order to save face.

So all the episode titles have been announced and here are my predictions on what each of them will be about Space Babies - It's just an episode of the Rugrats set in space and The Doctor locks all of the infants in an escape pod and shoots it into the sun. The Devil's Chord - This episode focus's on a small American town run by evangelicals who think that rap music is making their kids become liberals, Paul McCartney is there too. Boom - Andrew Garfield returns as Frank from the series 3 Dalek episodes and becomes an aspiring composer in New York City who is worried he made the wrong career choice, whilst navigating the pressures of love and friendship, Annette Badland also returns as Margaret Blaine (Blon fel fotch). 73 Yards - It's just the plot of Edgar Wright's 'The Worlds End' but the aliens are Zygons and every actor from that film who was also in Doctor Who reprises their Whoniverse roles, ie Simon Pegg returns as the Editor from series 1. Dot and Bubble - An AI recreation of June Brown is playing the Rani who has disguised herself as an actor and joins the cast of BBC's Eastenders in 1985 and changes history by adopting a dog called Bubble. Rogue - The Doctor and Ruby get sucked into the 90s X-Men cartoon and fight Magneto with the character Rogue The Legend of Ruby Sunday - A sequel to The Legend of the Sea Devils where Ruby is revealed to have a Sea Devil the whole time, John Bishop is there too. Empire of Death - It's just a 60 minute documentary on the bad bits of the Byzantine empire, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

This year, instead of gifting Easter eggs, I'll be handing out bags of gold chocolate coins and seeing which of my friends and family sell me out to the Romans.

Yeah, I'm somewhat baffled by the thread choice

Probably, but I'm not sure that I want to hear what the likes on Bon Scott have to say on this bigoted divorcee.

Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but for some reason the search function isn't allowing me to search her full name but there is a GRO death record for an Elizabeth C. Kelly born in 1921 died Q4 2016 in south Tyneside (Kelly was supposedly born in Newcastle). It's not too far before the date of that last confirmed autograph which could have been written before she died and then not posted til afterwards or delayed.

Do we know when she was last active or confirmed to be living?

To bring this chat back on topic a bit, watching those scenes on Wednesday's episode of Corrie proved to me that he is in no way ready for the list, he's still a proud confident performer who can take charge in a scene. It's Barbara Knox who I think we should all be keeping an eye on.

Following discussions in the films with a dead cast thread earlier this week I thought I'd have a look through the cast list of the Star Wars films and have a look at some of the older cast members. A New Hope: James E. Jones - Darth Vader (voice), 93 years young, retired a couple of years back. Leslie Schofield - Chief Moradmin Bast, currently 85 and hasn't had any acting credits for 18 years. To be honest everyone else who is still alive from the original film is either not too old or if they are are still active, such as Garrick Hagon (Biggs) who is still acting and doing the convention circuit. The Empire Strikes Back: Billy Dee Williams - Lando, 87 in a few weeks, but still acting and has recently said that he'd return as the character (if they paid him a lot). Kenneth Colley - Admiral Piett, 86 and had seemingly retired from acting until a few months ago when he made an onscreen appearance for the first time in 7 years. Clive Revill - Palpatine (voice), 94 next month and has only had one credit in the past decade. Julian Glover - General Veers, just turned 89 but is still just as active as he ever has been Milton Johns - Officer Bewil, 86 and retired years ago Jack McKenzie - Cal Alder, 82 and seemingly retired in 2018 Burnell Tucker - Rebel Officer, 89 and another who hasn't had a credit in years Return of the Jedi: Michael Pennington - Moff Jerjerrod, 81 and isn't looking to be in the best health, has slowed down acting recently Caroline Blakiston - Mon Mothma, 91, seemingly retired but does pop up at the odd convention now and then Mike Edmonds - Logray, 80, last seen onscreen in 2011 and had to pull out of a convention a couple of years ago due to ill health The Phantom Menace: Oliver Ford Davies - Sio Bibble, 85 and his acting career has seriously slowed down post-pandemic Brian Blessed - Boss Nass, 88 this year, roughly the size of a small elephant, series of heart issues, the fact he's still alive, let alone still acting, is a miracle Terence Stamp - Chancellor Valorum, 86 and has disappeared post-pandemic Attack of the Clones: Jack Thompson - Cliegg Lars, 83, tbh I thought he was already dead, increasing looks like a homeless father christmas The Rise of Skywalker Ann Firbank - Tatooine Elder, 91 but is still acting every so often John Williams (yes the composer) - Oma Tres, 92 has retired and un-retired numerous times recently Rouge One Weston Gavin - Engineer, 88 and hasn't appeared in anything since

Dalek Operator Cy Town has died aged 93.

Not surprised at all, he has looked very frail the past few years, 'complications from a fall' is the sort of thing I was expecting.