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Are The Bbc Wrong To Ban 'it Ain't Half Hot Mum' From Our Screens?
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/I wonder what the viewing figures would be if they were to show Love thy neighbour again? /
Poor I would estimate.
Beyond a brief look for curiosity/nostalgia it is hard to imagine why anyone would want to watch such a thing today.
And I doubt any major advertisers would want to be associated with it.
Poor I would estimate.
Beyond a brief look for curiosity/nostalgia it is hard to imagine why anyone would want to watch such a thing today.
And I doubt any major advertisers would want to be associated with it.
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divebuddy - "Something's wrong though, isn't it, when today's comedians can, for instance, make jokes about Katie Price being raped by her handicapped son and that's apparently OK."
Obviously it's far from OK, but perhaps you remember the fall-out from that vile nonsense from Frankie Boyle, and the fact that he has been quietly dropped from Channel 4.
When TV companies drop a show mid-series and then put out a message saying "We are in talks with - - - - about other projects ..." it tranlates as - 'Hell will freeze over before we touch this viewing disaster ever again!'.
Obviously it's far from OK, but perhaps you remember the fall-out from that vile nonsense from Frankie Boyle, and the fact that he has been quietly dropped from Channel 4.
When TV companies drop a show mid-series and then put out a message saying "We are in talks with - - - - about other projects ..." it tranlates as - 'Hell will freeze over before we touch this viewing disaster ever again!'.
dive-buddy - what Frankie Boyle has thus far failed to grasp - and has a vested financial interest in failing to grasp - is that laughter does not always equate with amusement.
The human response to shock and fear is often to laugh, but it has nothing to do with being amused, so when FB's audiences laugh, and hold their heads in their hands, it is not because they think what he just said was amusing - just that it was so offensive that their only reaction is to laugh as a release of tension.
People will pay to receive this stmulus, in the same way that people will ride roller-coasters and watch horror films, but to confuse the reaction with the happiness of genuine laugher is to entirely miss the point.
It finally dawned on Channel 4 that Frankie Boyle is not only deeply unfunny, his shock tactics have turned him from a witty edgy comedian into a deeply unpleasant human being - and their continuing distance from him is proof of that position.
The human response to shock and fear is often to laugh, but it has nothing to do with being amused, so when FB's audiences laugh, and hold their heads in their hands, it is not because they think what he just said was amusing - just that it was so offensive that their only reaction is to laugh as a release of tension.
People will pay to receive this stmulus, in the same way that people will ride roller-coasters and watch horror films, but to confuse the reaction with the happiness of genuine laugher is to entirely miss the point.
It finally dawned on Channel 4 that Frankie Boyle is not only deeply unfunny, his shock tactics have turned him from a witty edgy comedian into a deeply unpleasant human being - and their continuing distance from him is proof of that position.
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Agree Andy.
Steve Coogan and Sascha B-C at least have the sense to invent 'edgy' characters other than their true identities which gives them the means to push boundaries and then move on when and if they need to.
Frankie Boyle invented a 'challenging' character who might upset a lot of people and called him ..... Frankie Boyle (Doh)
Steve Coogan and Sascha B-C at least have the sense to invent 'edgy' characters other than their true identities which gives them the means to push boundaries and then move on when and if they need to.
Frankie Boyle invented a 'challenging' character who might upset a lot of people and called him ..... Frankie Boyle (Doh)
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