18th January, 2020.
I’ve had news …
Or, at least, a visit …
As you possibly know — if you’ve been reading the past days’ worth of Teaser posts — that I’ve had. problems with my boiler.
I’ve no hot water, in other words.
I had the initial engineer’s visit on Wednesday.
With the supervisor’s visit — what’s called a DCR survey — on Friday.
The good news?
Is that the supervisor told me he’s going to be recommending I get a replacement boiler: and should hear by Monday.
Here’s hoping.
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You’re possibly aware I’m a Terry Pratchett fan: one’s who’s not too pleased by BBC America’s upcoming series The Watch series: based on — or inspired by — his work.
Firstly? I’m not the only one who’s concerned.
At least, going by this article.
From what I can see? It’s loosely — very loosely — on Nightwatch: possibly Sir Terry’s best Discworld novel.
Let me share a quote from the last page of the book, if I may?
‘There’s a trial, tomorrow,’ said Vimes sharply.
‘Ah, yes. Of course. And it will be a fair one,’ said the Patrician.
‘It better be,’ said Vimes. ‘I want this bastard to hang, after all.’
p.364, Night Watch, Terry Pratchett.
The bastard in question is a character called Carcer, so you know: he’s the villain of the piece.
Now, I always assumed both Sam Vimes and Carcer were/are white: as Sir Terry doesn’t specify their ethnicities.
Given that?
We have a funny, and cynical, line: that shows us the state Sam Vimes mind after a rough story: and makes a funny comment about the state of the police mind.
The series?
Casts a white actor — Richard Dormer — as Sam Vimes.
And a black actor — Sam Adewunmi — as Carcer.
Suddenly? That ‘I want this bastard to hang’ line looks distinctly nasty.
It makes my favourite writer look racist, it makes BBC America — the BBC division producing the show — look racist …
And makes BBC America look like they’re selling a racist product to a country which has stopped its white citizens lynching its black citizens … but still has a problem with white police officer shooting black civilians.
I have enough doubts about the show to not want to watch it.
This … ?
Tells the BBC America has made a serious cock-up.
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