The Royal Variety Show-How Poor Was It?

[gollob]

No wonder the Queen did not go
Michael McIntyre was an embarrassment as the compere especially at the start of the show..Sara Milligan was no poor. About time she had some new and better material
The coloured singer from South Africa and Alfie Boe were both very good.
Bette Midler-It's unbelievable that she only sung one song and as an opening act.Should have cut McBusted out and given her another 10 minutes
Miss Sagion was a great excerpt especially "The last night of the world"
Shirley Bassey is still terrific as per usual. Why did she not close the show.
The rest of the acts except Elle Goulding were very ordiniary and would be lucky to top the bill at Wigan Pier

[netibiza]

I now like One Direction!

[andy-hughes]

Oh lordy!!!

[jennyjoan]

very poor - i miss the one and only Miss midler - she was the only one I wanted to see but you see I was out working voluntarily

another one would like to see go in a fan of smoke is Sarah Millican - who is she what she whom is she - go Miss Millican -your hopless like Miranda Kerr

[andy-hughes]

jennyjaon - do you mean Miranda Hart?

[Zeuhl]

Miranda Kerr is a rather lovely looking photographic model

You must be confused jennyjoan

[jennyjoan]

wouldn't let me say a bad word there

It is Miranda F(fart)

[jennyjoan]

ah ah - got it through

[Zeuhl]

Fart
fart

[Zeuhl]

^
The swear filter didn't change it to Kerr for me :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Deary me.

[craft1948]

I quite enjoyed it except for Shirley Bassey (didn't even like her in the 60's) and as for Ellie Goulding, she makes a lovely noise but I can't understand a single word she's singing. I thought McBusted were great.
I used to refer to people as being 'coloured' until I was roundly told off by 'coloured' colleagues in London who said they should be referred to as 'black', that was back in the 80's.
Having said that Halle Berry insists her daughter is black:
The daughter's father is white, Halle's mother is white, so to me she's mainly white...

[mccfluff]

as someone who is "mixed race", "coloured", "strangely brown", "***"

i'd simply prefer you use my name, i am me, i'm not a colour

[Samuraisan]

Yes I often have pondered that, if someone has one white parent and one white, they are automatically called black. Tiger Woods, Obama etc. But they are as much white as black. My children are half japanese, but no one calls them Asian, they Eurasion. Rather gorgeous I must admit.

[jourdain2]

I'm really glad I didn't waste my time watching the R.V.Show, I'd not heard of quite a few of them and of the others there were only a couple I would have enjoyed. Thanks for all the comments which proved I made the right decision for me.

[pastafreak]

My two nephews...white dad,and dark skinned,multi ethnicity Cuban mum...definitely take after their mum,but lighter. If I saw them on the street I'd identify them as both black, *and* mixed race. Whereas,reading this thread,I'd almost forgotten that my sister-in-law and nephews are of a different colour from me.There certainly isn't a 'one size fits all' term for anyone of mixed origin.