I gave up on the farce that is Big Brother 2008 almost before it started. But it’s been worth keeping an eye on commentary about the show, because, like it or loathe it, this particular piece of reality tv is a very good barometer of all sorts of cultural and social trends, good and bad. Read more »
I’m not watching any more on a regular basis as a bit of a protest against the Travis-hatin’ turning into assault, but I’m still religiously reading Eye on Big Brother’s exceptionally acute daily blog posts. Read more »
Yes, Ken Virginia, they are there. Read more »
The Big Brother narrative takes yet another snarky turn. As Eye on Big Brother notes, all the glee on the panel show tonight (Big Mouth or whatever) was directed at the hapless Brigitte. Read more »
Unless it’s good timing from the point of view of Fairfax Online’s bottom feeder search optimisation strategy - soak up those google hits for Big Brother 2008 and Corey Worthington. You know they the advertisers want to.
Last night the most read story on the Sydney Morning Herald website was:
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You can’t talk about class without talking about class, it seems. Over at Troppo, Ken Parish, who should be familiar with the BB concept of the grenade lob, lobs one in comments: Read more »
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