Wouldn't it be nice?
If there was a talent show on one of the Terrestrial TV stations?
Unfortunately all we get are shows like pop idol, and 'X factor' which I was unfortunate enough to see some of.
from the small portion I could bear to watch, it seems the main factor in deciding who was going to stay in and who was going to get thrown out, was 'image' as in 'Well, I think you have an incredible voice, and you've impressed everyone, but your look, your image jut isnt 'popstar' sorry, you're going home.'
Firstly, The Beatles, Elton John, Alison Moyet, (Motorhead anyone?) and about a thousand other singers/bands didnt get there on looks, they shone through by having talent.
Secondly as a look in any tabloid newspaper or celeb mag will tell you, image isnt something you have, it is something created for you, if we're not seeing 'normal people' given a 'celebrity' makeover, we're seeing the so called celebrities falling out of bars, or close ups of bad skin/hair/clothes.
So surely, if you wanted to make a top selling act, surely you'd select the most popular SINGER (note not best singer, you need to appeal to the lowest common denominator), not the best looker. Still what would I know, I'm just some guy, I'm not the kind of expert that selected Steve Brookstein (who?), Gareth Gates, um...that boy band One True Voice, and yes, I had to google that one, damned if I could remember even their names!
Anyway, that out of the way, I'm very pleased that channel 4's new station isn't going to be filthy, I couldn't really see them doing it, and was pretty sure it was some cunning piece of marketing, but you never know... especially as there's no real point in making an adult anything in this country, and it would be nice to to have a station that could show adult comedy without having to be concerned about the legions of Daily mail readers scratching out another letter, demanding that whoever allowed the word 'bottom' to be said on television oughta be subjected to a public hanging. With any luck, we'll even get some more of the dark mind of Chris Morris, or some more of the 'Nighty Night' style humour.
Unfortunately all we get are shows like pop idol, and 'X factor' which I was unfortunate enough to see some of.
from the small portion I could bear to watch, it seems the main factor in deciding who was going to stay in and who was going to get thrown out, was 'image' as in 'Well, I think you have an incredible voice, and you've impressed everyone, but your look, your image jut isnt 'popstar' sorry, you're going home.'
Firstly, The Beatles, Elton John, Alison Moyet, (Motorhead anyone?) and about a thousand other singers/bands didnt get there on looks, they shone through by having talent.
Secondly as a look in any tabloid newspaper or celeb mag will tell you, image isnt something you have, it is something created for you, if we're not seeing 'normal people' given a 'celebrity' makeover, we're seeing the so called celebrities falling out of bars, or close ups of bad skin/hair/clothes.
So surely, if you wanted to make a top selling act, surely you'd select the most popular SINGER (note not best singer, you need to appeal to the lowest common denominator), not the best looker. Still what would I know, I'm just some guy, I'm not the kind of expert that selected Steve Brookstein (who?), Gareth Gates, um...that boy band One True Voice, and yes, I had to google that one, damned if I could remember even their names!
Anyway, that out of the way, I'm very pleased that channel 4's new station isn't going to be filthy, I couldn't really see them doing it, and was pretty sure it was some cunning piece of marketing, but you never know... especially as there's no real point in making an adult anything in this country, and it would be nice to to have a station that could show adult comedy without having to be concerned about the legions of Daily mail readers scratching out another letter, demanding that whoever allowed the word 'bottom' to be said on television oughta be subjected to a public hanging. With any luck, we'll even get some more of the dark mind of Chris Morris, or some more of the 'Nighty Night' style humour.
posted by SenseofTumour at 5:13 AM
1 Comments:
You're lucky. TV in the US sucks, as you could prolly gather from the Superbowl titty debacle. We get nothing even remotely filtht. The only upside to this is that the few funny offensive shows have to be very clever, which often makes them a great deal funnier.
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