Well, this is going to be fun
Jun. 10th, 2013 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
It occurs to me that come August I will have two essays in print, each of which presents and defends a viewpoint of a major character that a significant chunk of each respective fandom has told me is wrongheaded, incorrect, and bluntly to STFU about.
I'll just make plans to eat alone in the lunch room for a while, shall I?
I'll just make plans to eat alone in the lunch room for a while, shall I?
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Date: 2013-06-11 10:39 am (UTC)The 'intelligent' bit may be the give-away as to why some of fandom isn't listening.
(You can tell why I don't go to conventions any more - !)
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Date: 2013-06-12 06:41 am (UTC)Admittedly, the Daily Mail seemed to be spinning it for all it was worth, but I did find the comments of Amit Gupta as quoted distinctly odd, in the light of works like CLR James' Beyond a Boundary which analyses in considerable depth the role played by cricket in West Indies national self-identity in the move towards independence and self-Government - does Gupta position Davison's adoption of a cricketing outfit in 1981-84 against what was actually happening in international cricket at the relevant time?
ETA And, for that matter, international politics in the Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries? Because cricket was my first fandom and I was at university and on the committee of my university cricket society (non-playing) during pretty much the whole of the Davison years and it was a hugely political time, especially with the whole question of the sporting boycott of South Africa predominantly affecting cricket and rugby, the issue of "rebel tours" splitting the game, the West Indies as undisputed, unassailable world champions and riots in Lahore and Hyderabad.
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Date: 2013-06-12 11:18 pm (UTC)The Daily Fail wants the book to fail, and they'll twist it as much as necessary to turn people away from looking at it.
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Date: 2013-06-13 01:58 pm (UTC)And, of course, "thunderingly racist" plays into that narrative, because while one can discuss whether the product of a national, centrally funded broadcaster is in accordance with its charter on equality and diversity and what needs to be done to remedy programmes which fall short of that requirement, "thunderingly racist" material is like apartheid and the Hitler Youth; no-one can actually defend its existence at all(well actually the DM has in its time defended both apartheid and the Hitler Youth, but let that pass).
So the DM story is aimed at supporting a narrative which runs "Yank & Aussie academics clamour to have Doctor Who cancelled!"
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Date: 2013-06-13 08:17 pm (UTC)I get the impression that there's an undertone of "furriers don't understand our wonderful show." Staggering Stories is already under the impression that it was written by some Australian think tank.
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Date: 2013-06-11 03:07 pm (UTC)Re: congrats
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