A Missed Opportunity (Snog, Marry, Avoid?)

Member Name: paulie1975

Product:	Snog, Marry, Avoid?
Date:	10/10/09 (20 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: There is a hint of a decent idea here

Disadvantages: Too trashy, jokey and wants us to laugh at its contestants

Reality television, its something you associate with MTV, living TV, ITV, Channel 4, but not really the more cerebral channel of BBC3, however the Beeb are obviously keen to ensure this is one bandwagon they don't miss out on so they've actually made a show tackier than anything Big Brother, i'm a celebrity or any others could create.

Shown on BBC3 for 30 minute durations on varying occasions with continual repeats, the show is vulgar and entirely aimed at women.

Presented by Jenny Frost, who apparently was in the girl band Atomic Kitten, the shows basic premise is to find girls who hide behind too much make up, promiscuous clothing and generally look tarted up, they are then presented to 100 men who decide if they would snog, marry or avoid them, obviously if all the men said snog or marry the show would have no point, so almost always they will say avoid and then the programme goes about softening the womans image and making her more presentable and showing her natural beauty.

For me the show has some merits in the fact that some of the women do look much prettier without make up and therefore should have confidence in their natural beauty, but when the presenter visits them a month later to see if they still like their new job depressingly most have reverted back to trowelled make up and ridiculously short skirts, this is depressing and makes me thing most of the young ladies are on the show purely for publicity rather than because they want to change.

The programme has had such alumni as someone from Big Brother and Jodie Marsh both looked more presentable without their OTT clothing and make up, but reverted to type very quickly.

The show uses a voice pretending its computer to berate the women over their fashion sense, which is pointless and doesn't add anything.

Overall the show could have some serious plaudits if it took itself more seriously and persuaded some of these women to have confidence in their natural beauty rather than relying on make up and skimpy outfits, in much the same way Gok Wan empowers ladies uncomfortable with their figures. However, this show is too jokey, doesn't have any depth and really just wants us all to judge the people appearing on it, rather than offer support in helping them believe in themselves.

A Missed Opportunity.

Summary: A Missed Opportunity