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The latest My Two Bits editorial (September 2007) is titled : Big Brother 8: Edited For Sanity.-------------------------------------------------------------------
Or is that: Edited for Sanity? It's the "estranged father and daughter" bunk that's really annoying. To hear the CBS publicity machine for this show: Dick and his (cough, cough) "estranged" daughter Danielle had no idea they'd see each other in the house, only to miraculously patch up their estranged relationship and lovingly join forces to win the game. Baloney. Dick and Danielle giggled about driving to the Big Brother house, together, in a limo! In fact; it's said that the reason they applied for Big Brother together, was because they couldn't get onto The Amazing Race. So much for bunk about a miraculous "reconciliation": there wasn't one. America was punk'd! Kiddies disagree; the ignorant ones, anyway. Every once in a while, some tween twerp sees an edited, network TV version of a horror movie, insisting that adults were "wimps" to be scared by it. These same kids saw a 99.9% edited, network-friendly Dick Donato, and rooted for him all the way. Well, of course they did. All the "scary stuff" was edited out. They did not see him try to burn other house guests with his lit cigarettes. They did not see him insult other house guests lifestyles, religions, races, creeds, or even their loving families back home. They did not see him demoralize not just his fellow house guests, though CBS, and the game as well. They missed all the scary stuff, so they love Dick. "Yay, Dick!"
One might ask why CBS didn't simply show the "real" Dick. Answer: because that's not good TV. Kiddies are not interested in such petty things as the truth. They believe in Santa Claus. They believe in a magical man-sized bunny who farts colorful Easter Eggs. So, yeah; they believed CBS, when CBS told them that Dick was this season's hero. Who cares about the truth? Kiddies loved to laugh at the farting, burping, spitting guy, so why worry? CBS edits out the misogyny, bigotry, and rape fantasies, and Dick's a "hero." Yippee. So why does it matter? That's the thing; it doesn't. It's just amusing from a hypocrisy standpoint. Here's this show that purports to be the standalone, penultimate reality television series. There's allegedly "no way" the show can be staged, thanks to cameras on the contestants 24 hours a day. Then they edit said footage so that the biggest imbecile this side of Johnny Fairplay looks not only like a decent human being, though almost like a quasi-hero. With reality television like this, who needs children's fairy tales? In the end: it's honest enough to admit that the only reason this is the chosen editorial for the month, is because of how dreadfully uneventful September has been this year. So, mild sarcasm intended: thank you CBS, for editing your shows for family TV. If, in order to do this, you had to completely edit Big Brother 8 of any sense of rhyme or reason, well; better luck next year, guys. As Always: I'm Techtite,
and these are My Two Bits...
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Impact
Well,
"Evel" Dick Donato won Big Brother 8. To hear
CBS' publicity machine tell the tale, "America" is thrilled.
that such a "caring man" won, who did it all to "reunite with his
estranged
daughter." He told the "truth." He won "fair and square."
Yet none of the above makes any sense to people who
watched the live feeds, or even the three hour "After
Dark" feeds on Showtime. Yet to those who watch only network TV,
all is golden, thanks to an "Evel" Dick, edited for television.
Let's
peruse a mere Cliff's Notes version of The Real
Dick,
as shown via the "live feeds." He deliberately burned a woman with
a cigarette. He
joked about raping a house guest until she bled to death. He
acted like a spoiled little child when nominated for eviction, only to
hypocritically whine when other nominees did not realize "it's only a
game." This isn't even getting into the
rule
breaking, the cheating, and the all-out
degradation of the rules. I used to wonder how they could justify
breaking the rules by bringing