Desmond Morris: The Human Zoo

[LEE]

Desmond Morris is well know for his books on human behaviour.

He has written an article about the BB houseamtes. Click HERE (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/lifestyle/londonlife/top_review.html?in_review_id=613105&in_review_text_id=582619) to read it

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[Glitter_babe]

Couldn't agree more with his comments - it isn't the housemates who are boring, it's the situation they have been forced into.

[splodge0]

Interesting article, if only for its omissions. The main differences between early editions of the series and the current one is that the original concept allowed for organised occupational therepy. This took the form of meaningful day long and productive competitive tasks. The analogy however is correct this year, and time will tell if this remains so...........

[steve_o]

That was spot on, as I said in another post, it's not the people in the programmes fault it's the stupid way the producer's have manipulated thing's this year.:conf:

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[Sticks]

So what is the producer's attitude ?

Never appologise, never explain

and
Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes

There is a lot of criticism, but they are ignoring us

Luckily for them, their sponsor O2 is unreachable :mad:

[splodge0]

trust me sticks, they are. and further more they are watching this board

[Mairi]

Thank you Lee for posting up this extremely interesting article by Desmond Morris.

As Splodge0 says, this would not have been true of last year's BB. As Steve0 says, it is entirely the producers' fault that, this year, the inmates have been reduced to the sorry state we now see them in.

Producers take heed. Get rid of the bars.

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[Oldgit]

Originally posted by miriam
Get rid of the bars.


... and bring in some team tasks!

[Kaz]

I agree with all of the above! :thumbs:

I have to disagree with this sentence though.
It seems that the Big Brother producers really do want their mini-Coliseum to offer an arena of suffering, to please the viewers.
It's NOT pleasing THIS viewer, and I'm sure I'm not alone! :colour: :spin2: :colour:

[Sticks]

But the focus group said it was so, so there