Who will blink first in UK's pantomime of Parliament?

PANTOMIME is an honoured form of entertainment in many countries and for many races and religions. It features goodies and baddies, and the goodies win so we can all live happily ever after. It has to have jokes in it, some of which are good and many bad and it appeals to the child in all of us. Long may it continue.

But, will it? Pantomime is coming under attack for being out of touch with modern sensibilities because its best known character is the Dame - played by a man and overacted, with the worst jokes of the cast. I should know, having played the Dame many times in Singapore, though my standard of acting was pretty awful. The character of the Dame is being vilified by pressure groups because it is supposed to mock the problems of transgender issues. Put that together with Snow White and the Seven Dwarves with its apparent mocking of size issues and you have a horror story which should not be put in front of the modern generation.

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