Comments on: In Praise of Big Brother http://slingshot-studios.com/2007/01/19/in-praise-of-big-brother/ movie industry commentary and the soap box of slingshot studios' CEO Arvind Ethan David Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dav http://slingshot-studios.com/2007/01/19/in-praise-of-big-brother/comment-page-1/#comment-231 dav Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:48:52 +0000 http://blog.slingshot.local/2007/01/19/in-praise-of-big-brother/#comment-231 Hi Arvind oddly enough I was similarly reality tv phobic. As a writer and therefore concerned with made-up stuff I sort of viewed it as 'the enemy', eating up airtime that could have been filled with something better, like Spongebob or Columbo repeats. That said, I've been sucked into CBB this time round. While I think there has been a tabloid knee-jerk reaction (it's easy to imagine the racist headlines in 'The Sun' if there hadn't been this level of complaints 'SHILPA SHIPS OUT' etc) it does say a lot about the nature of bullying, irrespective of whether there is racism involved (the nervous laughter of her cronies; everyone else anxious to appear 'neutral'). Personally, I believe Jade's agression is just as motivated by jealousy and insecurity. Shilpa is beautiful, intelligent, articulate, composed; Jade is...well, Jade. In just a few days Jade has moved from the national equivalent of a village idiot (stupid but harmless) to something a lot more unpleasant. Let's just hope she slides back into harmless obscurity and maybe, just maybe we move towards a culture that celebrates genuine achievment over self promotion and no longer holds up 'celebrity' as a end in itself. Hi Arvind
oddly enough I was similarly reality tv phobic. As a writer and therefore concerned with made-up stuff I sort of viewed it as ‘the enemy’, eating up airtime that could have been filled with something better, like Spongebob or Columbo repeats.

That said, I’ve been sucked into CBB this time round.
While I think there has been a tabloid knee-jerk reaction (it’s easy to imagine the racist headlines in ‘The Sun’ if there hadn’t been this level of complaints ‘SHILPA SHIPS OUT’ etc) it does say a lot about the nature of bullying, irrespective of whether there is racism involved (the nervous laughter of her cronies; everyone else anxious to appear ‘neutral’).

Personally, I believe Jade’s agression is just as motivated by jealousy and insecurity. Shilpa is beautiful, intelligent, articulate, composed; Jade is…well, Jade.

In just a few days Jade has moved from the national equivalent of a village idiot (stupid but harmless) to something a lot more unpleasant. Let’s just hope she slides back into harmless obscurity and maybe, just maybe we move towards a culture that celebrates genuine achievment over self promotion and no longer holds up ‘celebrity’ as a end in itself.

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