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is you're fired really just an excuse to humiliate the fired candidate? this week for example Ruby Wax seemed to delight in taking the piss out of Alex and to his credit he took it well. But not everyone would handle it as well as he did. And ok he could be annoying but he wasn't a bad guy really so why does he deserve to be ridiculed by Ruby 'look at me i'm so funny' Wax?
I was imagining how I would have responded to the relentless undermining of my character and self-worth and I would have got quite aggressive, but then I believe I am not the social inadequate that Alex is and I probably wouldn't have been subjected to that treatment. I believe Ruby behaved the way she did because, like all bullies, she knew she could get away with it when her victim was so weak in character. |
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I agree completely, Ruby Wax used the entire event to ruthlessly mock a social inadequate. I think that Alex took it as he did, because he is used to being mocked.
I was imagining how I would have responded to the relentless undermining of my character and self-worth and I would have got quite aggressive, but then I believe I am not the social inadequate that Alex is and I probably wouldn't have been subjected to that treatment. I believe Ruby behaved the way she did because, like all bullies, she knew she could get away with it when her victim was so weak in character. |
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Hi Dilly Daydream and thanks for the welcome
![]() Well, all of the series have been filmed around Autumn and then shown during Spring, but as you know this series was delayed. So I would guess it has been approximately a whole year for this series contestants. In that case, I can't believe the winner isn't leaked well in advance of the final. |
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Not that I'm setting out to defend Ruby particularly, but I cannot sympathise with anyone who puts themselves forward for short-term minor celebrity (cos that's all winning the Apprentice confers really) by going on a reality TV show such as this, not expecting that they are fair game for piss-taking. If you are not prepared for that, don't go on national TV making all sorts of absurd claims as to your abilities and then fail to deliver.
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I found Ruby hilarious
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You are assuming that only robust and self-aware people put themselves in the firing line, Alex is delusional, socially inept, and self-unaware and not really qualified to make decisions for himself.
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I groaned when I saw Ruby wax on there as well. I don't find her funny, imo she's to wrapped up in herself and she again imo is in the same eague as Joan , her surname escapes me, but they are similar.
One poster is saying they don't know why Trevor Nelson is on there. Why not say that about the likes of Jane Moore? Your Fired is no where near as good as when Adrian Chiles was presenting it and I doubt that anyone could have done as good a job as him, except for that ITV guy who presents their new dating show, paddy something but he would have been funny but different. |
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Joan Rivers?
Caustic. American. I liked Ruby last night. I don't always. Alex was risible. She wouldn't be doing her job if she didn't take the p!ss. |
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is you're fired really just an excuse to humiliate the fired candidate? this week for example Ruby Wax seemed to delight in taking the piss out of Alex and to his credit he took it well. But not everyone would handle it as well as he did. And ok he could be annoying but he wasn't a bad guy really so why does he deserve to be ridiculed by Ruby 'look at me i'm so funny' Wax?
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Thanks for that Shaiya.
In that case, I can't believe the winner isn't leaked well in advance of the final. |
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YF is filmed pretty close to transmission, isn't it? Last month or so.
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Interesting... the emphasis, that is. But I do think that aspirants to the role of "industry captain" need (at least!) to be "Wax Proof".
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and she again imo is in the same eague as Joan , her surname escapes me, but they are similar.
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YF is filmed pretty close to transmission, isn't it? Last month or so.
The two finalists work for LudAl for a period of time before the final is broadcast and he decides the winner. that's the reason it's not leaked |
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Joan Rivers?
Caustic. American. I liked Ruby last night. I don't always. Alex was risible. She wouldn't be doing her job if she didn't take the p!ss. |
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is you're fired really just an excuse to humiliate the fired candidate? this week for example Ruby Wax seemed to delight in taking the piss out of Alex and to his credit he took it well. But not everyone would handle it as well as he did. And ok he could be annoying but he wasn't a bad guy really so why does he deserve to be ridiculed by Ruby 'look at me i'm so funny' Wax?
Just watching it, and felt Ruby was a bit harsh on him. Maybe she's lost her sense of humour. |
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Out of interest, when is You're Fired filmed - I must admit that I always thought that it was live, but clearly it isn't. Is it the day of broadcast?
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Show might have had tones of nastiness, but Alex held his own and made it funny to watch. You're Fired isn't always funny, but Alex made it his own. well done Alex.
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Impostor not Poster
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but Alex made it his own.
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Ruby Wax WISHES she was as funny as Joan Rivers.
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I find neither of them funny, irritating is how I find them.
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Filmed on a Sunday afternoon. Broadcast on the Wednesday.
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I'm surprised so many people feel that Alex got an especially hard time on You're Fired. It didn't seem any worse than usual to me.
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But I do think that aspirants