The BBC subtitles for Kanye West’s Glastonbury set were hilarious
‘Liggers in Paris’.
Either somebody at BBC Subtitling was on a wind up last night or they really didn’t want to risk offending people, because the subtitles that accompanied Kanye West’s set last night were odd to say the least.
They went from the politically correct:
Subtitles still refusing to acknowledge what Kanye West is actually singing.#Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/lQhe79h2OE
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) June 27, 2015
To the kind of thing you’d expect your phone’s autocorrect to come up with:
I LOVE YOU BBC SUBTITLES PERSON!!! #Glastonbury2015 #Kanye pic.twitter.com/2ka1gbebVO
— Swami Baracus (@SwamiBaracus) June 27, 2015
Through to the downright lazy:
Someone in the BBC subtitles department has clearly had enough. #Kanye pic.twitter.com/f1xtCJ6pcl
— Tim Brannigan (@tim_brannigan) June 27, 2015