I think this is one of the most spectacularly moving documentaries I've ever seen. The almost crazy dedication to keep this up for 40+ years is admirable. Watching what life brings those bright eyed children is gripping drama.
whilst a good education and the chance of work placements are a big advantage a 'silver spoon' upbringing doesn't alone get you through exams to be a barrister etc so there is some effort required.
Gawd, you're a barrel of laughs, aren't you? You're right though. For me one of the most poignant things about the entire series is that by 14, virtually all of the children - from the ones who had it rough to the snotty ones who had a silver spoon planted firmly in their little mouths - already had a real sadness in their eyes. So much talk of how the dreams they had at 7 that the interviewer mentioned to them that they'd spoken were just 'silly' or 'the product of a 7-year-old's imagination'.
I've watched a few clips. Of Sue, and Andrew, and just stopped. That is sad to me because of the intrusion and the way it colours their lives for everyone to project their arrogance onto. They obviously picked charismatic social types who have the confidence and strength of character to say what they mean otherwise this wouldn't be interesting.
And we still have that problem. X-Factor is simply a platform for public humiliation which sells well. But they will eventually want the next thing. The format is getting old. What will the next be?
But if I had committed to that in the 60s, or had my parents committed me to it, and then I saw the way the world psyche became something people identified with through this media status formation, I would inside be crying out for it to stop immediately, for them to leave me alone, and for my progress in life not to be assessed by the unspecified, unwarranted, unwelcomed, general, voyeuristic, denigrating, heartless tabloid-reading public that make life hell for anyone they can.
So they have a commonality; they are not so different. But I don't really think anyone is strong enough to put their life on a chopping block for the media. I hate the interviewer, doing what was always typical in interviews like this: prying, prodding, with this strange license that all is supposedly everyone's business, as if he is both the sovereign uncle and intrusive guest all rolled into one holy modern force. It's appalling.
I think this is one of the most spectacularly moving documentaries I've ever seen. The almost crazy dedication to keep this up for 40+ years is admirable. Watching what life brings those bright eyed children is gripping drama.
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rachel, when i heard that in my tut at qut i was like rofling!!!!!!
LOL! "I read Observer and The TImes!"
It's great how this ends.
1:30 sooo cute! little british boys!
whilst a good education and the chance of work placements are a big advantage a 'silver spoon' upbringing doesn't alone get you through exams to be a barrister etc so there is some effort required.
Gawd, you're a barrel of laughs, aren't you? You're right though. For me one of the most poignant things about the entire series is that by 14, virtually all of the children - from the ones who had it rough to the snotty ones who had a silver spoon planted firmly in their little mouths - already had a real sadness in their eyes. So much talk of how the dreams they had at 7 that the interviewer mentioned to them that they'd spoken were just 'silly' or 'the product of a 7-year-old's imagination'.
Andrew turned out to be the biggest snooze of the series.
i agree
haha 1:23-1:36 is just classic
upper class guy in the middle is david mitchell (Y)
@Feisty1967 You can still enjoy life.
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I've watched a few clips. Of Sue, and Andrew, and just stopped. That is sad to me because of the intrusion and the way it colours their lives for everyone to project their arrogance onto. They obviously picked charismatic social types who have the confidence and strength of character to say what they mean otherwise this wouldn't be interesting.
And we still have that problem. X-Factor is simply a platform for public humiliation which sells well. But they will eventually want the next thing. The format is getting old.
What will the next be?
But if I had committed to that in the 60s, or had my parents committed me to it, and then I saw the way the world psyche became something people identified with through this media status formation, I would inside be crying out for it to stop immediately, for them to leave me alone, and for my progress in life not to be assessed by the unspecified, unwarranted, unwelcomed, general, voyeuristic, denigrating, heartless tabloid-reading public that make life hell for anyone they can.
...and when they hit middle class.
So they have a commonality; they are not so different. But I don't really think anyone is strong enough to put their life on a chopping block for the media. I hate the interviewer, doing what was always typical in interviews like this: prying, prodding, with this strange license that all is supposedly everyone's business, as if he is both the sovereign uncle and intrusive guest all rolled into one holy modern force. It's appalling.
@WolfZeroBlade i did lmao