As if I didn’t have enough trouble feeding words into this thing, I have agreed to write a regular column for Spot-on, run by my friend Chris Nolan. It’s interesting, because Spot-on is a family of bloggers, who cover various topics from locations around the world, and yet it’s (intentionally) a lot like a stable of syndicated columnists. It’s a different kind of writing than I do here, so this will be quite an experiment.
My first entry was written a little while ago, but it took awhile to get up. It’s not super timely, but it’s still good. I was fascinated by the Shilpa Shetty brouhaha that erupted on Celebrity Big Brother. I ended up focusing on the similarities between certain reality shows and video games.
Game On: Reality TV Plays and Players
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The Pop View Says:
As quoted in Popbitch:
“I am not proud of the Big Brother row – I am not even proud of Big Brother. But Big Brother accounts for 15 per cent of the total revenue that keeps Channel 4 afloat.” – Lord Puttnam, deputy chairman C4