When I first saw this clip on TV last week, my jaw literally dropped open. This was way before the official investigations regarding sexual abuse, pedophilia, and possible satanic rituals performed by Savile.
In the skit, an image of Savile flashes on the screen while TV news announcer Mitchell reports that he has been convicted and sentenced to three life sentences. Mitchell continues:
"A spokesman says, 'you think you know a guy, and then he goes and does something like that.'"
Was this Mitchell's way of "outing" Savile for he crimes, albeit in a vague manner "protected" by comedy? As the investigation of the late Savile continues, it has been revealed that his crimes were well-known by the entertainment community, and that other people connected to the BBC might have been involved.
Savile seemed like a powerful, influential guy within BBC circles. If he was involved in a pedophilia ring that included other people of power and fame, that would mean he wielded considerable blackmailing capabilities -- making the "open secret" regarding his crimes verboten in terms of "squealing." Any celebrity who would try to make these crimes -- or rumors of crimes -- public would get blackballed from the industry.
Was this the case with David Mitchell? Was he bravely trying to tip off the public about Savile using his comedy sketch show? Or was this all a big coincidence?
There is one more issue to consider here. Even if someone like Mitchell was to take the ultimate chance and speak out on Savile, would he even be believed? It must sound to the public "crazy" that a beloved entertainment personality could be possible of such depravity.
Of course, now that the Savile case is public, it is much harder to use the "beloved entertainment personality" thing as a "proof" of innocence. In the end, these people are "performers". Their public "personas" are not the same as who they are deep inside. But in a celebrity-obsessed culture, I think that fact becomes majorly lost.
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