Why bother with Big Brother? (Big Brother (TV Series))

Member Name: tonrob

Product:	Big Brother (TV Series)
Date:	20/09/00 (3 review reads)
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Advantages: Great if you are nosy

Disadvantages: Everybody wants to get on TV

What was all the fuss about?
I'll tell you, it's a cynical way for a TV channel to make some cash, a surefire winner in the ratings, maximum publicity and plenty of profit.
How can I say that?. Well lets face it the majority of people are fascinated by the lives of others, in other words we are a right bunch of nosy people, for want of a better word.
This looks like real people in a real life situation, but it can't be, everybody who was in that house has to have been conscious of the cameras and consequently could not be acting in a totally natural manner.
Add to that most of us only saw a few hours a week, which was well edited to focus on certain individuals, Craig was obviously very irritating, why else would he be nominated so many times, we saw the cheeky scouser side of him for a few minutes a week, the rest had to put up with him for months, and clearly didn't like him that much.
I fear that we will see a mass outbreak of this kind of programme, cheap to make and popular, like so many TV programmes these days the general public is put in the shop window, and lets face it most of us would like our 15 minutes of fame, so these shows will keep on and on and on, well that is until everybody has been on TV and the public get tired of snooping, so in other words this kind of TV will go on forever and ever, amen.

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