|
You're so right Jhal.. I've seen him go to both extremes in his personality. I can see a point to him being strict on them and doing what he has to to get them to the point where they can run this megadollar restaurant but for me, he does cross the line with his belittling and name-calling. He's pretty over the top which is probably why he makes for 'good tv' as per what the producers nowadays are looking for. Or is it the mass majority of viewers that are the ones tuning in to anything controversial and shocking? It seems to be the way tv is going these days.. one reason why I think that Starting Over has been in trouble so many times, which is sad to me because there is a great majority out here that do support good programming. It doesn't always have to be the outrageous that gets the slot on the stations, or it shouldn't be.
Look at the ones chosen for Big Brother.. every one of them stood out in their groups as the loud or controversial ones and putting them all together for a season would make for what they consider "good tv". So the question is.. are we being sheep led by the powers that be in the tv world or do we really have a voice as to what we watch and they follow our lead and give us what we ask for? If they go by the ratings and that's what people are going for then I wonder what the world is coming to where everything gets more controversial and more and more lines get crossed than there ever used to be. More violence, more sex, more swearing than there ever used to be on prime time television. I found myself supervising channels more and more as my daughter got older because most of it used to be reserved for after 10 pm and it started a few years ago that the more outrageous the better and that seems to be what most new shows are geared toward these days. Extremes.. I wonder what the limit is...
|
Home 
