A PLace in the Sun - Whats the point?
Oct 3rd 2010, 4:31 am
#16
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: High up in Joondalup.
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Re: A PLace in the Sun - Whats the point?
The worst thing about these programs are the way the production team take advantage of families and make them look even more than a bunch of losers than they already are. The most vulnerable are taken advantage of.
It's a standard recipe. Can you imagine the awkwardness if a family actually were reasonably intelligent, incisive, informed and presented better than the presenter - they would not have a programme.
It's a standard recipe. Can you imagine the awkwardness if a family actually were reasonably intelligent, incisive, informed and presented better than the presenter - they would not have a programme.
Oct 3rd 2010, 5:33 am
#17
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Hill overlooking the SE Melbourne suburbs
Posts: 16,622
Re: A PLace in the Sun - Whats the point?
There is a programme called 'Escape to The Country' which has a nice line in featuring Little Englanders all desperate to buy in the country. They are much the same, ordinary but desperate to escape that ordinariness - do you see the resemblance...?
Every time they get shown a room in a prospective house all they can say
is
"Lovely"
"Nice aspect" (they've obviously been watching way to many reno programmes).
or they turn their noses up at what is quite adequate - they want character but most would not see character if it was staring them in the face. One bloke said he was looking for a 'Vicar of Dibley' village - as soon as he said that - his credibility went out the window.
