tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post5206440765606048413..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: ReflectionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-15410392640345810322009-08-23T06:35:22.279-07:002009-08-23T06:35:22.279-07:00A4e simply do not get it. 20 years ago, thry could...A4e simply do not get it. 20 years ago, thry could have gotten awy with guff such as BB (Benefit Busters). Back then there was no internet (well, not as we know it today) and the only outlet someone had to complain about a business, corperation or govt dept was through writing a stern letter to the local / national press, contacting the BBC's Watchdog or hoping ITV's Roger Cook would get on the case.<br /><br />Now with the power of the internet via blogs and sites such as this one, newspaper sites and of course You Tube, there is ample opportunity to discuss and debate progs such as BB. We can of course give BB a kicking and call it all the names under the sun. Better still, we can analyse and pick over the series and not blindly accept what the govt tells us as too many sadly do. A4e it seems has ignored or forgotten this fact and hopes those watching will simply take everything said on BB at face value. Remember, there was no one to give an alternative viewpoint, at least not in this fisrt episode.<br /><br />A4e no doubt see BB as a PR coup. And as I said 20 or even 10 years ago it would have been. However, people are already commenting on the program, both good and bad. We've already seen the inevitable comparisons made between the main 'star' of the show, Hayley Taylor and 'Pauline', the restart officer from the brilliant League of Gentlemen series. Not to mention David Brent from the Office and Marjorie Dawes from Little Britain. Not particularly positive comparisons.imattnoreply@blogger.com