Celebrity? Why am I not one?
Last Friday i travelled to Balmain, and upon seeing a banner (advertisement) i was mildly amused. I had thought that an inspirational artist had made an ironic social comment on the horrid state of the celebrity status within Australia and its media. The graphic included the text: "Celebrity Circus!" in bold comical font. The affect was quite efficient in conveying the ridiculous nature to which Australian tv had sunk to with such programming as 'Dancing With The Stars', 'Big Brother: Season 5(?), and 'The OC'. In which untrained, boring, and lewd characters/wannabe actors are presented to us in an unsightly and vividly stifled condition. I thought the analogy to a circus, in the derogatory sense of course, was quite satisfactory - 'on the mark'.
Nevertheless some time later, within Hunters Hill, i discovered a billboard with the same graphic and text; however this version still had the channel Nine logo and splurge at the bottom of the advertisement. At once everything had become clear. Someone had neatly subverted the add at Balmain, but still the beast survived, and yet another brain numbing show would be aired on free to air Australian television. Sometimes i wonder if the broadcasters actually work on the ratings system; becaue if they did i would beleive higher quality shows would be put on air as to entice people that have 'lost their way' in the tv world and now read a book instead. I realise there are a lot of people who supposedly enjoy viewing this programs, yet i am still unable to meet one of these people. Perhaps it is because i get out too much and dont spend enough time over at other people's homes watching tv.