Did anyone witness that ridiculous scene in EastEnders last night?

The character, Sylvie who supposedly suffers from Altzheimers did a turn in the local pub, the Queen Vic. It was 'Chinese' night with Chinese food being sold and Sylvie was the entertainment.

Dressed as a geisha, she 'offended' everyone in the pub by singing the Ying Tong song. Everyone was so upset that the whole pub cleared out in about ten seconds. Everyone was disgusted and the pub was left with no customers.

Coming from the East End myself and not far from the fictional Walford, I know that at least half of the customers would have found this hilarious, but not the case in BBC land.

Still, I suppose we should be grateful that the BBC are turning their attention to an alternative minority group.

sorry longdongle, but east enders is one programme i can't stick. Most miserable lot on tv they are.

You must excuse me, but I have no idea why the BBC would instruct their actors to act offended at that song.

Is it a London (or a Longdogs!) thing or were they trying to make a political statement?

Aren't Geisha's Japanese ?

No doubt had some tenuous connection to Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Tenuous is the word, if that's the case.

I don't know of anyone who's concerned about the Chinese or Japanese, let alone Trumpy.

Whenever I hear the words 'anti-immigrant', my first thought is of muzzies.