Noel Coward MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN (1955)

. . . in Bengal, to move at all,
is seldom (if ever) done. . classic.

A great song, superbly delivered!

Well, clearly not your culture. But if you listen to the UK BBC Radio 4 you can get examples of this sort of humour and intellectual absurdity. A programme called "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" ...

Because it would be seen as racist.

Hold on; lad - at this time the british empire ranged still from one end to the world to the other ! I'll not called it racism, this was they meaning of "Rule the Waves!"
But - agreed, there will be no more such man on stage, screen or cinema.

Well the empire was breaking up at this point to be quite honest, not only that but saying some of the things in this could be seen as offensive and nowadays rather hypocritical, saying basically all other cultures are lazy except the English. Come to England and find out.... lol

There is nothing racist in Coward's humour

To you yes, but if you look into it, it could offend. I'm not saying it is racist to me, but it could be seen as racist.
I'm not saying I dislike Noel Coward, I find his style interesting and worthy of note in musical heritage. However opinions and morals change.

what about the siesta? it's the best thing ever! :P

LMAO!