Comments on: Dear RTE, enough of the lifestyle programmes already http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/ craic from ireland Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aj@lecraic http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-206 aj@lecraic Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:56:19 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-206 I'll check out the comments thing for you, I have the same problem myself with other blogs as well. I’ll check out the comments thing for you, I have the same problem myself with other blogs as well.

]]> By: Rosie http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Rosie Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:11:11 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-204 i did think you were getting at something, i wasn't sure what though (it wasn't a rhetorical question or a rebuke, is what i mean!). probably more my paranoia about how women are depicted in the media than any paranoia on your part. on an unrelated note, is there a way to subscribe to the comments on your posts? i keep forgetting which ones i've chimed in on and then i arrive back to conversations (such as this one) long after my train of thought has left the station... i did think you were getting at something, i wasn’t sure what though (it wasn’t a rhetorical question or a rebuke, is what i mean!). probably more my paranoia about how women are depicted in the media than any paranoia on your part.

on an unrelated note, is there a way to subscribe to the comments on your posts? i keep forgetting which ones i’ve chimed in on and then i arrive back to conversations (such as this one) long after my train of thought has left the station…

]]> By: aj@lecraic http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-134 aj@lecraic Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:46:48 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-134 Wasn't getting at anything Rosie. I was quoting the blurb from the Business Post. Using the photo from the Sunday World was just to illustrate the point of participants being publicity hungry. If she'd been described as 'Company Director Lynette' or 'Hospital Consultant Lynette', I'd have used that as a description and still used the Sunday World photos to illustrate my point. What did you think I was getting at because I honestly don't know and I'm assuming you did think I was getting at something? or maybe you've made me paranoid now. Wasn’t getting at anything Rosie. I was quoting the blurb from the Business Post. Using the photo from the Sunday World was just to illustrate the point of participants being publicity hungry. If she’d been described as ‘Company Director Lynette’ or ‘Hospital Consultant Lynette’, I’d have used that as a description and still used the Sunday World photos to illustrate my point. What did you think I was getting at because I honestly don’t know and I’m assuming you did think I was getting at something? or maybe you’ve made me paranoid now.

]]> By: Rosie http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Rosie Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:33:44 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-133 interesting that you made a point of illustrating the disparity between ‘Single mother Lynette’ in the promo shot and her spread in the Sunday World (pun intended). what were you getting at? interesting that you made a point of illustrating the disparity between ‘Single mother Lynette’ in the promo shot and her spread in the Sunday World (pun intended). what were you getting at?

]]> By: Paul Groves http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Paul Groves Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:24:50 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-132 I had been working on a rant (sorry, considered article) on the property shows in particular and you've indirectly helped to focus my mind. The fact that one of the Beeb's shows I'd been following is now postponed to accommodate the snooker also helps. It is a chicken and egg question - do our aspirations fuel TV, or does TV fuel our aspirations? No easy answers. I had been working on a rant (sorry, considered article) on the property shows in particular and you’ve indirectly helped to focus my mind. The fact that one of the Beeb’s shows I’d been following is now postponed to accommodate the snooker also helps.
It is a chicken and egg question – do our aspirations fuel TV, or does TV fuel our aspirations?
No easy answers.

]]> By: aj@lecraic http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-131 aj@lecraic Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:50:45 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-131 Excellent analysis Paul - it's all catering to Status Anxiety - was that made up by Alan de Bottoin (think that's his name) - but it's very real and fuelled by a lot of those programmes you mention. Excellent analysis Paul – it’s all catering to Status Anxiety – was that made up by Alan de Bottoin (think that’s his name) – but it’s very real and fuelled by a lot of those programmes you mention.

]]> By: Paul Groves http://www.lecraic.com/2008/04/21/dear-rte-enough-of-the-lifestyle-programmes-already/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Paul Groves Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:46:34 +0000 http://www.lecraic.com/?p=276#comment-130 Oh dear. All the warning signs are certainly there. Reality TV in a wide variety of forms has ruined British TV for years (from Big Brother to Wife Swap, The Apprentice to Location, Location, Location). They've all had a really damaging impact - greed is good; ignorance is bliss; aspirations are out of control and out of proportion to individual talent. It even impacts on the news - the BBC provides info-tainment these days, not news. No-one is prepared to work for anything these days - they want it handed to them on a plate, "like those folk on that reality show". It even taints property shows - suddenly everyone aspires to an enormous "family kitchen" where everyone can sit around watching whoever cook their Nigella Lawson creation; they want en-suites for all 5 bedrooms; they want nice neighbours but they don't want road noise or any noise. They want to show off the size of their budget, but they don't want to mention the crippling 100% mortgage that is funding the lifestyle that the TV tells them they should have. Anyway, what do I know? Oh dear. All the warning signs are certainly there.
Reality TV in a wide variety of forms has ruined British TV for years (from Big Brother to Wife Swap, The Apprentice to Location, Location, Location).
They’ve all had a really damaging impact – greed is good; ignorance is bliss; aspirations are out of control and out of proportion to individual talent. It even impacts on the news – the BBC provides info-tainment these days, not news.
No-one is prepared to work for anything these days – they want it handed to them on a plate, “like those folk on that reality show”.
It even taints property shows – suddenly everyone aspires to an enormous “family kitchen” where everyone can sit around watching whoever cook their Nigella Lawson creation; they want en-suites for all 5 bedrooms; they want nice neighbours but they don’t want road noise or any noise. They want to show off the size of their budget, but they don’t want to mention the crippling 100% mortgage that is funding the lifestyle that the TV tells them they should have.
Anyway, what do I know?

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