[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Garfie

Yet another fantastic post, Kirk. You make so many perceptive and insightful points with such clarity.

I was actually watching yesterday, longing for the show it used to be, when we could really get to know the housemates and their 'layers', and when conflict and confrontation might well occur, but it was not contrived or engineered, and when humour would emerge naturally. Surely, that was the original idea behind BB?

You are so right about so many housemates being suppressed- though I would almost say smothered or suffocated by the domineering and intimidating presence of Bear. His 'anti-social', cruel and childish actions are to blame, but so too, are those producers who have chosen to put this type of person in the house, who have chosen to enable and encourage his behaviour and who have chosen to focus the whole show on him. Bad decisions on their part. Very bad decisions.

The producers frustrate me incredibly, but it also makes me feel so sad as we are 'losing' a show that was so fascinating, interesting and entertaining, to see it replaced by such superficial and meaningless nonsense which highlights all that is so very wrong in modern society. So I am in full agreement with you.

Your words to describe Bear are so accurate and well-chosen, and I can't add to that as you've already said it all, and it couldn't, in truth, be said better. So all I can say that I fully support your perceptive observations of this 'malignant' 'oppressive' 'inhibitor'.

Excellent post, Kirk.

Thanks Garfie, and once again - a GREAT post by yourself.