As one of the comedians most associated with the term during its rise in the 1980s, Ben Elton is well versed in political correctness.
Elton first shot to fame as part of the wave of alternative stand-up comedy in the UK and as a writer on seminal TV shows The Young Ones and Black Adder and, as he says, became the face of the 80s, right-on, anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic comedy . Now, more than 40 years later, after enduring being the butt of the lad-culture backlash in the 90s and in the modern internet era teeming with voices decrying political correctness gone mad , the proudly left-leaning Elton has come to a realisation - whatever those voices are railing against, he is probably for.
Why Ben Elton is proudly politically correct
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Why Ben Elton is proudly politically correct
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