Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

wageslave wrote: »

Dressmaker Thelma better be well paid by channel 4 because she has lost her living.

she was on the one last year saying all the same stuff....its weird because all this is is an extension of that it feels.

tomterm8

To be honest, I can't stand the program, so I haven't been watching it. The show I watched seemed very... intrusive... and I think it is exploiting people who don't really understand the potential consequences. Or maybe I'm wrong. But these people will still be living their life after the show, and it could do a lot of damage.

That's the case with a lot of these reality TV shows, which often seem to be made for ratings, without much concern for the people involved.

wageslave

lostinrates wrote: »

she was on the one last year saying all the same stuff....its weird because all this is is an extension of that it feels.

Last week she said travellers dressed like prostitutes.

I am not saying we don't but honestly she was sunk from that unthinking moment.

vivatifosi

wageslave wrote: »

Dressmaker Thelma better be well paid by channel 4 because she has lost her living.

Wasn't she also in the papers this week for being a benefit cheat?

misskool

tomterm8 wrote: »

To be honest, I can't stand the program, so I haven't been watching it. The show I watched seemed very... intrusive... and I think it is exploiting people who don't really understand the potential consequences. Or maybe I'm wrong. But these people will still be living their life after the show, and it could do a lot of damage.

There is no way of showing what another culture is like without being intrusive.

Where I'm from, the cultural lives of the indigenous tribes are sold as a tourist attraction. The visitors learn about a different culture, the tribes make money but it's still exploitative and crass. But is that worse than hiding the culture and creating fear?

wageslave

tomterm8 wrote: »

To be honest, I can't stand the program, so I haven't been watching it. The show I watched seemed very... intrusive... and I think it is exploiting people who don't really understand the potential consequences. Or maybe I'm wrong. But these people will still be living their life after the show, and it could do a lot of damage.

That's the case with a lot of these reality TV shows, which often seem to be made for ratings, without much concern for the people involved.

The adults aren't taking part only the children

The adults are sitting back to see how it goes.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

There is no way of showing what another culture is like without being intrusive.

Where I'm from, the cultural lives of the indigenous tribes are sold as a tourist attraction. The visitors learn about a different culture, the tribes make money but it's still exploitative and crass. But is that worse than hiding the culture and creating fear?

The thing I don't like is some of the narration. There was aoment last week I cringed. Can't remember it now....

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Wasn't she also in the papers this week for being a benefit cheat?

really? Hilarious.

tomterm8

misskool wrote: »

There is no way of showing what another culture is like without being intrusive.

I guess part of it is I get the real sense that the filmmakers don't like the people much or really understand the culture of the community they are filming. Maybe I am wrong. And maybe, it will still do some good as long as it is fair.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

I guess part of it is I get the real sense that the filmmakers don't like or really understand the culture of the community they are filming. .

this is how I feel too.


There is aspray tan thing on now. But they've shown kids on other such shows...kids being beauty queens etc....

IMOnone are right...but it does show it it not a traveller thing.