[BB_Eye]

Originally Posted by calyman

There's the rub as to why we will never see eye to eye on this. You see such dirty rotten behaviour as entertaining; whereas I think it's degrading and dehumanising both to the contestants and to the viewers. It's car crash TV, I do not find that in any way entertaining, instead, I think it's sad that the "bread and circuses" philosophy is what passes for "cutting edge" TV.

I am interested in people dealing with things, not people "losing it", but people dealing with situations in a reasoned and appropriate manner. Rachel Rice amd Bea are two sides of two very different coins. Bea is instantly identified with the "Jeremy Kyle" generation, while Rachel is a real person who showed humour, integrity, decency, strength and carried herself with a sense of pride and honesty. I admire her, I respect her, I am glad I could see her on BB. Bea, was none of those things, she was a fake "Cruella", of no real condequence whatsoever. You found her "entertaining", I found her boring and tedious, she and people like her don't get voted off soon enough. The real and interesting housemates are the ones who I can relate to, not fakes and wannabees, they are forgotten about so quickly.

I understand why you might think it is degrading and dehumanising. There is probably more than a grain of truth to it. But can you honestly sit here and say you would be watching the show if people like Makosi, Bea, Shabby and Sam weren't there and everybody was as nice and laid back as Rachel?

Once again, there is a case to be made for not excusing their behaviour in any form, but surely if that was how you felt, you would stop watching the show altogether in the name of decency.