Moving on up (Trisha)

Member Name: poet831

Product:	Trisha
Date:	22/04/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: fills time, some good shows, Trisha seems to be trying to improve the quality of the show overall

Disadvantages: cheap set/studio, could be better

I used to watch the ""Trisha"show but always felt she was trying to be an English Oprah or Ricki Lake and that her show seemed to be a cheap imitation of these. (Not cutting her down here, but like the studio space and set up).I agree that watching these shows make you feel that your problems are small in comparison. At least her guests have not stooped to Jerry Springer level yet, but some of them are quite tacky. I've always wondered how you could leave the show and face family, friends and people in the street after making some of those revelations on tv!
Trisha does seem to try to help young people but as with the excellent opinion by Frayed Edges, I agree that there is more to just the want-to-be-famous showcase, and that fame would be nice but these kids need to realise it comes at a price. I write poetry and read some of mine in a talent show on the QE2 when I sailed back to the USA in September. I had about 20 people mob me afterwards, congratulating me and wanting my autograph. Me - 45 yrs old, an overweight grandma. I actually thought at the time, wow! If I got the giggles with that amount of people and at my mature age, how must it be for like the boy bands, suddenly thrust into cheering thousands clamouring for their autographs? It would seem the pressure is enormous. I too, would like Trisha maybe to follow up on some of these wannabes. Also, maybe do a show with a group who have gone from being the kids at the local comprehensive and made it big. Find out how they've adjusted, what they feel the pitfalls are. Yes the money's good but what about lack of privacy, do your mates still come around or do they think you've got too big for your boots, that kind of thing.

Trisha does her best to provide an interesting show, and attempts to be a bit more than just a confession show. I'd like to see her maybe do shows on living with terminal diseases - especially AIDS awareness with youngsters who have the disease, and those who caught it form unprotected sex. I noticed people still seem to think it won't happen to them. Also maybe she could promote some community causes, and challenge people to clean up local areas, work together to improve scholls and neighbourhoods, etc. She could still intersperse these with the usual "I slept with my husband's brother/sister, mother's husband/boyfriend, "type slots.
I do think Trisha will probably evolve over time. Trash seems to be the way to get into the tv talk show field, but then (other than Jerry) most presenters seem to want to become known for more serious subjects, and more credibility for their talent as a presenter.

Overall, an ok show for most at-home-in-the-day folks to waste a bit of time watching.

Summary: fairly good show but could be alot better