Thought-Provoking Or Biased?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2891623/Thought-provoking-biased-Mixed-reaction-Lenny-Henry-s-guest-editing-Radio-4-s-Today-programme.html

You are always going on about "not enough black representation on TV", but where was the white representation on your show Mr Henry?

[-Talbot-]

I didn't watch...er listen to the show but if anyone did, was Lenny Henry having a go at Amjad Bashir?

I can see that as the only reason he was invited on the show.

[chaptazbru2]

Lenny Henry is never happy unless he's bleating on about ethnic minorities. I went to see him live once and while the show was quite good, he never missed an opportunity to bemoan the plight of coloureds !! And yet, he married a white woman and is dating one now, so he can't hate us whites all that much !

[sp1814]

Svejk

Why would he need to be funny?

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/nov/23/lenny-henry-theatre-award

[sp1814]

Looks like it wasn't a fluke either:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/10601989/Lenny-Henry-wins-best-actor-at-Critics-Circle-Theatre-Awards.html

Perhaps it's just ignorant people who don't really know what Lenny Henry does who still think of him as 'a comedian'?

Personally, I think of him as a serious actor now, but that's only because I've seen him as Othello. I don't have the advantage of those who only see him on Comic Relief and base their ideas on that alone.