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Sunday, March 26, 2006

BigBrother is...being watched

BB's cold shower

BB covers up

HOUSEMATES in the next series of reality TV show Big Brother will be taught how to avoid sexual harassment and bullying.
The Ten Network made the undertaking to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after the watchdog found a third episode of the 2005 series of Big Brother Uncut breached broadcast standards.

This goes completely against what the show is supposed to be about.
Typically, Big Brother housemates will have a more open minded attitude towards sexuality than the politicians trying to ban it and as the show is essentially about observing human behaviour, the housemates should be allowed to behave naturally (though within the law obviously) without producers teaching them their manners!
When housemates are being judged on their character, you need to be able to see all aspects of their character - including their politically incorrect opinions!
This means that when housemates have views which are homophobic or racist, they should be allowed to express them as a part of their character on which they are judged, rather than having their views suppressed to fit in with the norm. The housemates and viewers will usually bring them to account.
We have the right to choose what we want to see. What is the point of having a show depicting reality that is tinkered or tampered with to please a minority? And said minority would be stuffy straight people that more likely than not did not even view Michael's "massage" just heard about it later on. A great example of how the viewing public votes on what it sees is
When Hotdogs got roaring drunk in the rewards room, groped Glenn and insulted Vesna. We saw it all and were understandably outraged. Yet when it was replayed (because of all the controversy) it was a much tamer version and Hotdogs was kept in, when he should’ve gone.
I'm not sure which would be worse actually - the producers curbing the behaviour of the housemates, or viewers not being to see how the housemates actually behave.
Anyhow, on the positive side that article at least implies Uncut will return which means we still can see ultra-hot lesbian kissing!


1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

...please where can I buy a unicorn?

12:10 PM

 

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