Sick or hilarious? BBC divides opinion with ‘Real Housewives of ISIS’ sketch
The two-minute sketch has been seen more than 21 million times and drawn nearly 90,000 comments on the BBC 2 television channel’s Facebook page
The BBC sparked a social media storm after screening a comedy sketch called “The Real Housewives of ISIS”, satirising the women lured into joining the Islamic State jihadist group.
The two-minute sketch, which featured in the comedy show Revolting, has been seen more than 21 million times and drawn nearly 90,000 comments on the BBC 2 television channel’s Facebook page since airing on Tuesday.
The reaction has varied between those who found it “sick” and “tasteless”, causing “pain and hurt”, to others who found it “hilarious”, and lauded it for mocking the “violent, paedophilic, regressive death cult” of Islamic State.
The Real Housewives US reality television franchise shows the lives of affluent women in various cities.
In the Revolting sketch, they are replaced by black-clad British wives of Islamic State jihadists who discuss their outfits, including two women turning up in matching suicide vests.