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Originally posted by jamess1988
Thanks again for the praise. I'm glad people seem to be agreeing with me - it shows that it's not just me not liking the format but potentially a flaw in the way the program is run/produced.
To me, though as I said it is annoying, the format represents American culture. They love their games shows and they love everything to be more extreme. The way it seems scripted and is so polished to me represents the market the program is geared towards. This is probably why the people who watch BB:UK dislike these aspects of the show. We are so used to having "proper reality TV shows" warts and all. If someone messes up, it's not a problem (after all it is reality TV" and I think it's this scripted feel which makes BB:USA feel more distant from an actual Reality TV Show.
Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the show - it's something new for me, though I don't like it as much as BB:UK, it just really does feel more like a soap opera set inside a house. The best way I can explain it is that it seems extremely two dimensional. Because we only get to see very very small segments of interaction between friends and general conversation (other than bitching and fighting), the characters in the house feel very 2 dimensional, and we don't get a feel of how they actually are outside the "game playing machine"
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That's sadly true. The producers are ruining the show actually because it's all about ratings...not what true fans of the show would like to see.
What most fans in America really want is a more diverse cast (instead of all 20-something white actor/actress wannabe's with a token minority or 2). Since season 4 every cast gets faker.
Oh, and your right....the editing is horrible. The fact is...if you don't watch the feeds, you really wont get to know any of these people. The CBS show leaves out a LOT of stuff that goes on in the house. They give some players the "friendly edit" and leave out anything that makes them look bad...and they make some of them villains by showing everything they possibly can to make them look bad.
BB gave Evel Dick the "friendly edit" last year, believe it or not. They left out the rants that had nothing to do with the game...they left out the times where he was just flat out being cruel. When they did show him going off they put that triumphant rock music in the background...as if he was some kind of cool rebel, instead of just an old man being a jerk.
They sometimes spoon feed them their lines in the diary room...and or ask them very leading questions. They encourage them to campaign to stay in the house...they basically don't let them forget that they are making a tv show here.
On the live feeds they block out competitions, diary room sessions, and most interaction with "big brother".
All we get to hear of BB is "houseguests no singing, put on your microphone, please do not discuss diary room sessions with other house guests, or come to the dr. Occasionally they will call out a HG's name and say "knock it off.." or they will be very snappy or sarcastic.
I've never seen BBUK...would love to see how different it is.