Alex Hardy

I’ve been hoping ever since Jade and her tribe got back on telly that this would mark the beginning of the end for Big Brother and other shows like it… No more sad wannabees clawing for a taste of fame, no more (sadder) has-beens trying to recapture it by disgracing themselves for money.

Shilpa Shetty has no business on a show like Big Brother being an actual, real, movie star. In a way she’s brought it on herself. If she wanted exposure to new audiences, she couldn’t have picked a more ridiculous way to do it.

Jade Goody is an ignorant, abusive pig. I’m going to skip the racism debate, because it’s unacceptable to speak to people the way Jade, Danielle and Jo have spoken to Shilpa because of racism. It’s apparently totally peachy to do so because of “cultural or social differences”, according to Channel 4.

I hoped it would be the beginning of the end for Big Brother because it completes their production line:

• Step 1: Make some talentless simpleton famous for nothing at all.
• Step 2: They profit from their ill-deserved fame.
• Step 3: Invite them into a “celebrity” version of same show, thus proving what a shallow freakshow the whole business is.
• Step 4: The public sees that they have created a monster. A monster who has made more money than they will ever know for being an idiot. Cue the backlash. The press line up for - their favourite part - the vilification before they disappear again.

And that, dear reader, is the celebrity life-cycle completed. Now for pity’s sake, switch off.

Posted on Friday, January 19th, 2007 at 11:06 am under Random. You can post a comment, or trackback from your own site.