Today is a bad day for Dr. Who nerds.
Not only have they been told that a rather attractive woman is the NEW DR. WHO, they've been TWITTER SHAMED about it. Hey, you 40 year-old virgins, SHUT UP!
The photo above? Yes, the reference is over 70 years old! DR. WHO fans have no idea about the comedy routine or Bud and Lou. To which I say; Hey, stop standing around like a rusted Dalek, I'm trying to sympathize with you.
All seriousness aside, we have seen the Politically Correct Brigade go overboard. The PCB's simply will not leave TRADITION alone. Shakespeare productions have degenerated into cosplay. The new off-Broadway Sweeney Todd is BLACK, which continues the tradition of all-Black revivals ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Streetcar Named Desire," etc. etc.) and all-Black productions ("Hamilton," no whites allowed) and all-Black improvements on Whitey ("The Wiz"). PC means everybody on TV must have friends that resemble delegates from the United Nations. Is that YOUR real life? Surely if you threw a party, the room would not only be fiercely integrated in the usual Black and White way, but have a Muslim in traditional garb, an Asian, several very OBVIOIUS gays and lesbians (transgender optional) and...oh, no, not any Native Americans. They can't even get a football team or a baseball team to stop with an insulting stereotypical logo. What a party. And yes, Democrats and Republicans and those who still FEEL THE BERN.
Now back to WHO. What happened to Who? I don't care. But I do know:
Dr. Who is supposed to be some eccentric jerk with a scarf around his neck, right? Technically, that doesn't mean "Dr. Who" can't be female, right? Does Dr. Who actually have a first name?
Did The Prisoner, as played by Patrick MacGoohan? Sad that when the awful "Prisoner" movie came out, he was not female. Or black. Or a black female. However, on the original show, Number Two was played by a variety of people including a woman. Nobody objected, because there was no long tradition of males playing the role.
Technically "Robin" is a unisex name. So, "Robin Hood" could be played by a woman. She'd look good in tights.
How about Tonto? It would be a lot more fun for the Lone Ranger if Tonto was a woman. (Oh, SORRY, SORRY, I do NOT mean to imply that the Lone Ranger isn't gay and having gay sex with Tonto.).
What about that Wookie thing in "Star Wars?" Could that be female in the next interminable sequel? Does anyone really want to look to find out?
Should the next James Bond be a TRANSSEXUAL? You know, Chaz Bono but in better shape?
Our 21st Century world is supposed to be enlightened. Boundaries are to be broken. A female Dr. Who is challenging role models (as if a female Prime Minister in England, AGAIN, hasn't broken that barrier, or a woman winning the popular vote for the Presidency of the United States.) A female Dr. Who, we are being told, is going to help all those little girls out there who didn't happen to watch Gal Gadot as "Wonder Woman." Or Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. Or whoever played Xena the Warrior Princess who Invented Zima.
A female Dr. Who is telling all those girls who never heard of Madame Curie, or never watched "Bones," that a woman can grow up to be a doctor.
Ah, the PC Brigade. Thank you. Don't forget that the next "Wonder Woman" should be a "Gender Proud" male who likes to wear women's super hero costumes. What IS wrong with that? You want people like that standing on line at the bank. Everybody should try NOT to get along, and try to call attention to themselves and their ethnicity, their religion, and their sexuality. Perhaps the next Dr. Who will be Dr. Baby Who, a practicing Infantilist. Dr. Baby Who sees a Dalek and wets and cries. Look, not everybody has to fight. Let's stop that stereotype, because "it's stinkin' thinkin'."
An odd quirk of the 21st Century is that we fret over tolerance for stupid things like WHAT is between the legs of a DR. WHO. Meanwhile, mammoth INTOLERANCE is forcing us back to the 16th Century.
Draw "The Prophet" and you get your head cut off. That's a bit more disconcerting than who is doing cosplay in a stupid sci-fi show long past its expiration date. Be concerned that the PLANET is getting past its expiration date. Be concerned that COSPLAY maniacs dressed a lot like members of Radical Islam or Hamas don't seem to care who they kill in the name of their invisible friend.
One half of the world is pushing that everything be allowed. The other half is pulling back to the 16th Century and demanding nothing be allowed. One part of the world has a female Dr. Who. Another part has female circumcision. Need I go on? Of course not.
Go ahead. Let's have SHE-lock Holmes, next.
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