Hugh Bonneville<\/a> fears being cancelled by a \u201cmob\u201d is now \u201cinstantaneous\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hugh Bonneville fears being cancelled by a \u2018mob\u2019 is now \u2018instantaneous\u2019<\/p>\n
The \u2018Downton Abbey\u2019 actor, 60, plays a grouchy \u201cdinosaur\u201d news anchor in the upcoming TV drama \u2018Douglas is Cancelled\u2019, and ahead of its first episode being shown on Thursday (27.06.24) he warned so-called cancel culture is now at a dangerous level as it\u2019s driven by the astonishing \u201cspeed\u201d of the mainstream and social media.<\/p>\n
He told The Herald newspaper when asked what the ITV series has to say about the cancelling trend: \u201cIt\u2019s very interesting to see how it\u2019s playing out. Cancel culture has been around since the word scapegoat was used in the Bible for people being thrown out of society for not holding generally accepted views. It\u2019s always been around us, it’s nothing new.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s different today is that the pile-on of the mob is now instantaneous. The speed at which truth and lies accelerate via mainstream and social media is exponential and extraordinary. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe way a metaphorical corpse can be mutilated and stamped upon by a mob anonymised by fingers typing at warp speed: \u2018Right, killed that one several times over. Who\u2019s next?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWritten by \u2018Doctor Who\u2019 showrunner Steven Moffat, 62, \u2018Douglas is Cancelled\u2019 follows Hugh\u2019s nationally beloved newsreader Douglas who is cancelled over a misogynist joke he was overheard telling at a wedding. His wife is a warped tabloid newspaper editor and their daughter is a 19-year-old \u201cwoke\u201d girl who repeatedly talks about \u201cmicroaggression\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nAlong with cancel culture, the show also references the #MeToo movement, workplace gender dynamics and young people on social media.<\/p>\n
\nHugh added about his character: \u201cDouglas is a perfectly decent, pleasant man who\u2019s doing a good job and is well liked for what he does. He thinks so, too.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEven when, a couple of years ago, he welcomed a younger colleague, Madeline, onto the sofa beside him he felt secure, safe in the knowledge that the warm, avuncular relationship he had with his protegee wasn\u2019t a threat to his own position.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nChatting about whether Douglas is smug, Hugh added: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say so. Unguardedly confident, definitely. But, just as the dinosaurs didn’t know they were a dying breed, Douglas is blithely unaware that the next generation is smarter, more streetwise and capable of sheer ruthlessness when the chips are down. Or when wrongs have not been righted.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat\u2019s his blind spot. His fatal flaw. That\u2019s what\u2019s at the heart of his character. Hubris.<\/p>\n
\nHe added about the show and its themes: \u201cIt taps into so many strands of what\u2019s current in terms of our views on ethics, behaviour in the workplace and in our wider society, what we can and can\u2019t say, what we can and can\u2019t do, what\u2019s acceptable, what\u2019s beyond the pale.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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