Brass Eye- The critics must be on cake (Brass Eye)

Member Name: tedmaul(ade)

Product:	Brass Eye
Date:	20/04/04 (460 review reads)
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Advantages: The hilarity of the programme, The innovative style in which it was written, The coverage it provoked

Disadvantages: The coverage it provoked, That only seven episodes were made, There is no other disadvantage

Brass Eye was at the cutting edge of satirical programming, but not everybody warmed to it. Certain issues were raised by some of the tabloid 'news' papers, who, despite showing sordid images in their publications, found the programme tasteless. The media could have chosen a better thing to pick on, as Chris Morris (main writer/main performer on the show) would have probably wanted to produce such a provocative piece of television, and the media coverage it recieved would have probably been taken as a complement by someone who's key aim is to shock, but still to entertain.
The special episode of Brass Eye, Paedophillia caused much controversy upon it's airing in Summer 2001. Yet again, the tabloid press were quick to condemn the idea that somebody is "Making fun of paedophillia, and sick people are laughing at it." One particular paper, the Daily Mail should cast it's mind back to the mid 1940's. If I have been informed correctly, it supported Adolf Hitler until one September day in 1939. They aren't right all of the time.
After the Paedophiles episode had been screened, there was even a backlash in Parliament. Several government ministers had criticised the programme and Channel Four for showing it. Strangely enough, none of the critical Ministers had seen the programme until after they had made comments about it. Also, the images shown were specifically the criticised factor. The images in question, being images of naked adult bodies with heads of children on top. Not naked children, naked adults. As for the scene where Chris Morris puts two children into a filing cabinet, they were (probably) actors, and there would have been nothing at the back, so it isn't as if they would have been locked up there all night in a strange part of town. Is it?

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