Back to reality
April 22nd 2008 09:41
The wonderful world of television is indeed a wonderful world; having provided us with distantly personal entertainment for over fifty years. However, it is not without its flaws. To make television a truly pleasurable experience the behind the scenes’ corporate heads controlling what we watch need to do two things: abolish reality television, and broadcast all eight AFL games a week on free to air television.
To me, the only thing worse than television shows dedicated to overweight people crying on the scales, or boring, unintelligent people trying to squeeze their overbearing personalities into a house filled with cameras, are those who sit on the couch watching, forever becoming duller, larger, and stupider. Those who argue that Corey Worthington should be ignored by the media were further enraged when he was allegedly offered a stint in the upcoming Big Brother series. I am of the view that he should definitely consider the offer: imagine a whole three months without his nauseating (un)intelligence weighing down our buoyant society; rich in literature, art, film and of course, footy. He needs to be with his people. It might be too much of me to ask of our major networks to eliminate reality television altogether because of the revenue it generates. Perhaps they could establish subordinate channels like they did when they introduced their high definition channels. Imagine, people would be able to sit in the indents of their couches absorbing all that ‘reality’ has to offer, all day.
Secondly, and more importantly, the major networks need to come to some sort of arrangement to allow for all eight AFL games to be played over the weekend. AFL has been a part of our national identity for the past 150 years and its influence in our lives should not be affected by corporate conflict. At the very least, networks should arrange for a game to be broadcasted on Friday nights, or for the unscreened games to be broadcasted throughout the following week (there would be a lot of free air space for this if my reality-TV-subordinate-channel plan came to fruition). Further, if the League’s plans to introduce two new teams into the competition come to force, we who put up with unpaid, commercial television will be further disadvantaged with another game going unwatched.
For those of you who have given up trying to heave the ‘reality TV culture’ anchor back on board the HMAS Real World, be optimistic for if you can’t beat them, let them beat each other.
To me, the only thing worse than television shows dedicated to overweight people crying on the scales, or boring, unintelligent people trying to squeeze their overbearing personalities into a house filled with cameras, are those who sit on the couch watching, forever becoming duller, larger, and stupider. Those who argue that Corey Worthington should be ignored by the media were further enraged when he was allegedly offered a stint in the upcoming Big Brother series. I am of the view that he should definitely consider the offer: imagine a whole three months without his nauseating (un)intelligence weighing down our buoyant society; rich in literature, art, film and of course, footy. He needs to be with his people. It might be too much of me to ask of our major networks to eliminate reality television altogether because of the revenue it generates. Perhaps they could establish subordinate channels like they did when they introduced their high definition channels. Imagine, people would be able to sit in the indents of their couches absorbing all that ‘reality’ has to offer, all day.
Secondly, and more importantly, the major networks need to come to some sort of arrangement to allow for all eight AFL games to be played over the weekend. AFL has been a part of our national identity for the past 150 years and its influence in our lives should not be affected by corporate conflict. At the very least, networks should arrange for a game to be broadcasted on Friday nights, or for the unscreened games to be broadcasted throughout the following week (there would be a lot of free air space for this if my reality-TV-subordinate-channel plan came to fruition). Further, if the League’s plans to introduce two new teams into the competition come to force, we who put up with unpaid, commercial television will be further disadvantaged with another game going unwatched.
For those of you who have given up trying to heave the ‘reality TV culture’ anchor back on board the HMAS Real World, be optimistic for if you can’t beat them, let them beat each other.
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