The idea that political correctness, while good for society, makes entertainment worse is a popular one. Last month Mel Brooks claimed that politically correct society was the "death of comedy", which is something the maker of Robin Hood: Men In Tights would know all about. Political correctness is often portrayed as a limiting factor or an obligation – a token nod to minorities or women that gets in the way of the story. It's seen as something we need, not as something we want – we begrudgingly put up with it, like taxes, or speed limits, or Phil Neville as co-commentator on an England match, because we know that if we didn't our lives would be worse: we'd have more poverty, more deaths on the road and more Andy Townsend on our TV. Who actively likes political correctness? I'll tell you: me. I love it. I want more of it. In comedy, on TV, in films, in advertising, in everywhere. I want "politically correct" to become a cool thing to say, like "dank" or "mad ting". In my perfect world, a breakdancer would invent a new move, and everyone in the crowd would say: "Woah, that was so politically correct! "
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Jokes about their interactions with racist Edwardians wouldn't work if the characters were white and middle-class: as Daniel Lawrence Taylor's character points out, no time period before 1980 is safe for black people, which is why time travel is more of a white person thing. In reality, the enemy of comedy isn't political correctness – it's nostalgia and lazy characterisation. There's a belief that old sitcoms were better because they weren't so concerned with being "politically correct", but really it's because they were willing to take risks and do stories that hadn't been done before. Porridge created brilliant, well-rounded and flawed characters who were also hardened criminals, while Only Fools and Horses made an audience sympathise with a pair of conmen. Attempts to remake those shows fall flat not because they can't do the old "politically incorrect" jokes, but because the truth that the show is based on is no longer there. Del Boy's East End is all coffee shops now, prison isn't the cheeky fun playground Fletcher made it seem, the department store from Are You Being Served probably got closed by Philip Green and none of the characters received their pension.