Thursday, December 04, 2014

Would you believe it??

Can you sexually harass someone who doesn't exist?  It appears there is at least one person who listens to the BBC who thinks you can, because they have written to the Corporation complaining about the way Samantha - who keeps the score in the radio comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - is constantly subjected to "schoolboy sexist so-called humour".  Well, there's no doubt that she is - for example it has been said of her that she has "scored on more desks than she can remember" and that she enjoys going out to see horror films with men because she likes nothing better then "sitting in the back row and being given the willies for 90 minutes".  So - unacceptable?  The point is, of course, as any aficianado of the show is well aware, Samantha is a completely fictitious character, who simply exists to be the butt of the contestants' jokes.  Clearly the complainant (and as far as I am aware there was only the one) doesn't really appreciate what the the programme is all about.

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