Dame Edna, completely straight-faced, tells Parkinson that looking out at the San Francisco audience she saw all these “disoriented people” clinging to each other — same-sex couples — “doing funny things.” Then the kicker: “But they’re people… and who knows, they may get well.”
The delivery is pure soft-focus housewife kindness. No raised eyebrow, no “I’m joking” signal. Just Edna being Edna while the room does that half-laugh, half-hold-breath thing.
It’s the exact moment you remember why Barry Humphries could get away with almost anything: the character is so airtight that the most vicious line still sounds like something your aunt might mutter over tea. Today that clip would be screenshotted and ratioed before the credits.
Then it just sat on BBC2 and people either roared or quietly decided they hadn’t quite heard it right.
Je crois que ça suffit.
Ça fait 50 ans qu’on essaie la cohabitation et ça ne marche pas. C’est comme ça, on n’y peut rien. L’islam ne connaît pas la cohabitation, il ne connaît que la domination.
Eux comme nous serions plus heureux s’ils retournaient vivre dans un pays adapté à leurs coutumes. 🧳 ✈️ 🚢