aelfheah Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Have sensationalist shows like Britain's Got Talent, X-Factor and Big Brother seem top show people (usually teen girls) blub at the drop of a hat? What made people more neurotic? Is it chav culture gone wild? People on TV seem to be falling over themselves to show the nation how much of a crybaby they can be? Then there was Diana's death in '99, everyone was doing the above x10, yet in the same weekend Mother Theresa of Calcutta also died. Is it only 'pretty' people who get mourned in such garish ways? Something between the Falklands War and the death of Diana, for example, show this shift in British culture, so what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I never watch reality shows, they are cheap, nasty programmes for cheap, nasty people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewboy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I never watch reality shows, they are cheap, nasty programmes for cheap, nasty people. So why have you never watched them then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I never watch reality shows, they are cheap, nasty programmes for cheap, nasty people. you cant say all the people that watch x factor are cheap and nasty! i watched it t'other neet:suspect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Have sensationalist shows like Britain's Got Talent, X-Factor and Big Brother seem top show people (usually teen girls) blub at the drop of a hat? What made people more neurotic? Is it chav culture gone wild? People on TV seem to be falling over themselves to show the nation how much of a crybaby they can be? Then there was Diana's death in '99, everyone was doing the above x10, yet in the same weekend Mother Theresa of Calcutta also died. Is it only 'pretty' people who get mourned in such garish ways? Something between the Falklands War and the death of Diana, for example, show this shift in British culture, so what happened? Also, I believe they purposely choose neurotic and nervous, vunerable people, knowing that it makes more interesting television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 you cant say all the people that watch x factor are cheap and nasty! i watched it t'other neet:suspect: The thing is Andy I have read of people who are quite good singers being turned down for the X Factor, because they were not interesting enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 The thing is Andy I have read of people who are quite good singers being turned down for the X Factor, because they were not interesting enough. i agree! its a farce. but im not cheap and nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stvoider Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 In my case I would say angry rather than neurotic. It's only the purchase of an expensive TV that has stopped me kicking the thing to pieces when they come one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 i agree! its a farce. but im not cheap and nasty No of course you aint. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Are you sure you mean neurotic which describes mental disorders? Just tending to cry more openly in public isn't the same as neurosis. The stiff upper lip isn't as stiff as it once was. People who cried over Diana's death and over someone who loses on Big Brother need to get a sense of perspective but then before the Falklands war people screamed at the Beatles and attacked others for supporting a different football team or for belonging to a different youth culture. In the 1st World War men who stayed at home were openly accused of cowardice even if they had good reason not to fight. There have always been the irrational and emotional. The reasons for and objects of their emotions change over time as society and culture change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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