They've twigged that in the UK people like 'reality' TV, although they've always used 'real' people on TV. Compare British soaps with US ones - Crossroads vs Dallas, Coronation street with ? - I don't know any more soaps, 'coz we don't have a TV. Peoplehave always been a bit fat, spotty, balding etc. Just like people on the street. There's little mileage in making people from the UK look tall, blond and heroic because no-one would recognise them ;-)
A little insight into the British character can be had from other programs, where 'ordinary' people win things based on a mix of talent and luck. Like the programs to select the next set of pop-stars (these gave us people like Girls aloud, Marlowe and some pretty boys whose names I forget). At the root of the UK psyche is a desire to root for the underdog, and although deeply buried these days, it's still there.
They've twigged that in the UK people like 'reality' TV, although they've always used 'real' people on TV. Compare British soaps with US ones - Crossroads vs Dallas, Coronation street with ? - I don't know any more soaps, 'coz we don't have a TV. Peoplehave always been a bit fat, spotty, balding etc. Just like people on the street. There's little mileage in making people from the UK look tall, blond and heroic because no-one would recognise them ;-)
ReplyDeleteA little insight into the British character can be had from other programs, where 'ordinary' people win things based on a mix of talent and luck. Like the programs to select the next set of pop-stars (these gave us people like Girls aloud, Marlowe and some pretty boys whose names I forget). At the root of the UK psyche is a desire to root for the underdog, and although deeply buried these days, it's still there.