[MB.]

idk if this has been posted but it's fairly amusing I guess

As Donald Trump gets his latest dose of stick for his support of torture, people in Britain seem ignorant of the fact that not only does torture occur in this country, but it is, in fact, televised.

Celebrity Big Brother was once just a showbiz variant of a simple idea, and we seemed satisfied to watch what happened when a group of people were imprisoned in exchange for six months of Heat magazine exclusives and a fitness DVD contract. In response to our withering attention spans, though, some sort of celebrity mutation scheme has taken place and the house is now populated with the results of the lab; monstrous, self-involved freaks, who stomp around the house screaming about what they have been through and how their issue is more important than the issue of whatever other freak they seem to be talking to. Then they make up with that freak, and then those two freaks gang up on another one of the freaks. If this sounds exaggerated, consider the fact that Jedward often seem the most measured people in the house.

Self-awareness is as rare as rocking-horse **** in this show. Take Ray J, of Kim Kardashian sex-tape fame, who, when asked whether the sex tape was the most important thing in his career, said the tape was one of the most important things that had ever happened. Ever. I immediately contacted my sons’ school for assurances that “Ray J banging Kim K” hadn’t been added to the world history syllabus.

The effect of having contestants who have already been on the show before is that the game-playing element is now celebrated rather than reviled. Kim Woodburn from How Clean is Your House?, fresh from suffocating former partner Aggie MacKenzie to death, joined the Big Brother housemates late and proceeded to try to make Robert Mugabe look reasonable. When splashed with water by Chloe Ferry from Geordie Shore, AKA Geordie Stereotype, she unleashed a rage-filled diatribe that you might hold in reserve for when somebody has run over one of your kids.

The producers of the show, whom we are encouraged to refer to cultishly as “Big Brother”, have also upped the stakes by undermining any signs of happiness from the house. Whenever a relationship is forged, the show immediately finds ways to create friction and tear it apart. If anyone has slagged anyone else off behind their back, Big Brother will engineer a game that requires the housemates to watch the footage so that we can sit back and enjoy the fallout. I expect the next series will show the footage before dropping in boxes of hand-to-hand combat weaponry, so we can enjoy the prospect of Katie Hopkins being skinned alive by Louie Spence, while Lucy Spraggan plays her latest single in the background.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...iss-an-episode

[arista]

Romesh

He is a clever Comedian/writer

Thank you MB
for the Link
from a Paper that is so far away, now

[Jimrod]

It's this kind of leftist self-righteous bollocks from every celeb: "As Donald Trump gets his latest dose of stick for his support of torture" that really puts me off listening to any of them any more.

I remember when comedians were funny and took the piss rather than making everything a political statement. When actors acted, singers sang. Nowadays they just spend their time preparing speeches and waiting for the next hipster cause to tweet support for.

How many of these people actually left the UK when the Brexit vote came in or left America when Trump was voted in like they said they would? I still haven't heard of Lilly Allen filling her house with refugees yet either...

Sorry, just bored of it all now.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Jimrod

It's this kind of leftist self-righteous bollocks from every celeb: "As Donald Trump gets his latest dose of stick for his support of torture" that really puts me off listening to any of them any more.

I remember when comedians were funny and took the piss rather than making everything a political statement. When actors acted, singers sang. Nowadays they just spend their time preparing speeches and waiting for the next hipster cause to tweet support for.

How many of these people actually left the UK when the Brexit vote came in or left America when Trump was voted in like they said they would? I still haven't heard of Lilly Allen filling her house with refugees yet either...

Sorry, just bored of it all now.

I miss when celebs just used to take the piss too, but how dare he take the piss out of Donald Trump. only take the piss out of things i dislike

[Jimrod]

Originally Posted by Withano

I miss when celebs just used to take the piss too, but how dare he take the piss out of Donald Trump. only take the piss out of things i dislike

Nah, it's not taking the piss - it's being part of the trendy "hate Trump" bandwagon. Saying Trump supports torture isn't a funny comment or taking the piss is it? It's political bull****.

I don't like Trump, but this temporary ban everyone is crying about is the same as what Obama did - but no-one said a word back then because he looked and sounded better so people went along with whatever he said because he was more likeable.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Jimrod

Nah, it's not taking the piss - it's being part of the trendy "hate Trump" bandwagon. Saying Trump supports torture isn't a funny comment or taking the piss is it? It's political bull****.

I don't like Trump, but this temporary ban everyone is crying about is the same as what Obama did - but no-one said a word back then because he looked and sounded better so people went along with whatever he said because he was more likeable.

Its the very definition of taking the piss lol. Its not true, completely exaggerative and humerous ina mocky way. Aka taking the piss.
Politicians dont and shouldnt get veto'd from all jokes by all comedians simply because they're politicians. That makes no sense.
(Also not all popular opinions are bandwagons)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i stopped reading after "as donald trump"

[Rob!]

I love it when celebrities slag off the show in the papers with details that show they've clearly watched every episode.

[MB.]

Boy do I regret making this thread

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Rob!

I love it when celebrities slag off the show in the papers with details that show they've clearly watched every episode.

exactly he is obviously glued to it for research purposes of course, yeah the show has evolved but no likey no watchey, stop this judgement of people watching a TV show.

[LeatherTrumpet]

this so called comedian as about as funny as an abscess on your penis

How he gets work is beyond me.....

[LeatherTrumpet]

oh he writes for the gruniad

of course he does

[MrTheMan]

To Romesh and anyone else that talks crap about Big Brother and slates it like a twat...

[emptynest]

Originally Posted by MB.

Boy do I regret making this thread

Pmsl

[parmnion]

He has jedward summed up.

Ps, trump is just following clintons lead.

[Chuckyegg]

I'm thrilled that anyone other than us have even thought about this show for many many years.