Originally Posted by Moo_Chops:
“The theme is power and the abuse of it.
Big Brother is by far the worst this year..... If the theme is explained by sexual depravity and schoolground bullying then I guess it is a lesson, but most of us moved on from there a while ago.
Of course, if it was an Entertainment program, then they could justify their obnoxious behaviour by stating that this is what the viewers want, but the polls and viewing figures suggest not.
Maybe the producers are a bunch of egotistical idiots being grossly overpaid and with nothing better to do than wield their petty 'power' on anyone that looks, to them, weak. Might explain why all the women are being voted off.”
“The theme is power and the abuse of it.
Big Brother is by far the worst this year..... If the theme is explained by sexual depravity and schoolground bullying then I guess it is a lesson, but most of us moved on from there a while ago.
Of course, if it was an Entertainment program, then they could justify their obnoxious behaviour by stating that this is what the viewers want, but the polls and viewing figures suggest not.
Maybe the producers are a bunch of egotistical idiots being grossly overpaid and with nothing better to do than wield their petty 'power' on anyone that looks, to them, weak. Might explain why all the women are being voted off.”
Perhaps the intention is to try to give a underlying gravitas to an entertainment show. Perhaps we are expected to think a bit more deeply.
Most of us take for granted the fairness and freedom that comes with our style of social order (there is of course a whole debate to be had around the veracity of that, but not one for the BB boards). In theory at least we choose the decision makers, they set the rules, everyone knows the rules and they are applied without favour or affection. Anything else is corruption and is quashed. Or so it should be. But what if that gets eroded?
One of the reasons I like BB, or at least the idea of it, is that it holds a light up and illuminates the things we take for granted or sometimes the faults we learn to live with. Perhaps what we should be taking away from this is the malignant nature of corruption and of power centred on the vagaries of an individual.
BB is (or could) be in some sense a sort of live satire. BB can play out alternative scenarios and structures in a way that is pretend and not harmful, but gives a chance to see oppression etc. in action. It can remind us how bad the alternatives are.




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