I'm Shocked At What The ABC Dishes Up...

[icyfroth]

...for entertainment!

Last night's finale of Ja'mie was disappointing, and the language and the some of the scenes were gross.

I left the TV after that but was sitting nearby at the computer when "Shock Horror Aunty" came on. Some of the language in that was so disgusting I made OH change the channel.

Is that what's being served up as entertainment these days?

I always thought the ABC was more conservative.

[topsidesoul]

OP...type an angry letter to the ABC!

[icyfroth]

OP  shouldn't be shocked a TV show on at 9pm about a grown male dressing up as a teen girl you say?

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Op isn't so shocked at a grown male dressing up as a teenage girl so much as the language and situational sexual scenes displayed in a teenage enviroment. Not to mention the character's disrespect for her parents.

OP realises this is fairly close to reality ( having been an attendee of a girls' high school herself), but is surprised that such an exaggerated version is displayed for the public as entertainment.

OP wonders at the subsequent grossness of the following show "Shock Horror Aunty" as presented by an otherwise respected Television presenter.

Op wonders how this type of entertainment might desensitise the viewer and justify acts such as **bleep** and violence against women.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

Thanks for the heads up, icy. I missed it and was going to watch it on iview but don't think I'll bother now.

[topsidesoul]

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@icyfroth wrote:

OP  shouldn't be shocked a TV show on at 9pm about a grown male dressing up as a teen girl you say?

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Op isn't so shocked at a grown male dressing up as a teenage girl so much as the language and situational sexual scenes displayed in a teenage enviroment. Not to mention the character's disrespect for her parents.

OP realises this is fairly close to reality ( having been an attendee of a girls' high school herself), but is surprised that such an exaggerated version is displayed for the public as entertainment.

OP wonders at the subsequent grossness of the following show "Shock Horror Aunty" as presented by an otherwise respected Television presenter.

Op wonders how this type of entertainment might desensitise the viewer and justify acts such as **bleep** and violence against women.

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Disrespect to her parents.......that is the point of the character.....she is selfish and it play's on that.

So we should ignore how self centered and rude some private school girls are?

Isn't that censorship of a person's views? There was a whole uproar about that last year!

Shock horror aunty replaying rude things from the 1970's?.....How horrible, we should all hide that typ of stuff  and pretend that kids and the shows they watch nowdays are disgusting.

'Back in my day we watched the Sullivans and we surely did not listen to the skyhooks!'

Jutsify violence against women? Were any walls punched?

Your complaining for the sake of complaining.

[topsidesoul]

As I stated, this uproar at the ABC is coming from a man who is feeling the financial pinch and does not like free news online.

Online news should be accesable through 'pay walls'

Then you had an  morally just member of Family first 'accidently' hand over some freedom of information pay forms for ABC employees to the same news ltd people.

That whole 'they had the info about Indonesia for six months' turns out to be bogus because they spent those months trying to rifle through hundreds of thousands of online documents from Snowden that weren't organised.

I can smell a witch hunt.

Try harder next time OP.

[icyfroth]

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@topsidesoul wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

OP  shouldn't be shocked a TV show on at 9pm about a grown male dressing up as a teen girl you say?

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Op isn't so shocked at a grown male dressing up as a teenage girl so much as the language and situational sexual scenes displayed in a teenage enviroment. Not to mention the character's disrespect for her parents.

OP realises this is fairly close to reality ( having been an attendee of a girls' high school herself), but is surprised that such an exaggerated version is displayed for the public as entertainment.

OP wonders at the subsequent grossness of the following show "Shock Horror Aunty" as presented by an otherwise respected Television presenter.

Op wonders how this type of entertainment might desensitise the viewer and justify acts such as **bleep** and violence against women.

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Disrespect to her parents.......that is the point of the character.....she is selfish and it play's on that.

So we should ignore how self centered and rude some private school girls are?
 

OP feels it shouldn't be trivialised and presented as humour.

Isn't that censorship of a person's views? There was a whole uproar about that last year!

OP doesn't advocate censorship of other's views but puts forward her own opinions for discussion

Shock horror aunty replaying rude things from the 1970's?.....How horrible, we should all hide that type of stuff  and pretend that kids and the shows they watch nowdays are disgusting.

OP reccomends rereading of OP's OP.  No mention of "kids shows" was mentioned. The shows in discussion were for adult viewing and were ideed disgusting in OP's opinion. OP feels there is no need for such repulsive and sexually graphic material to be presented as mainstream entertainment.

'Back in my day we watched the Sullivans and we surely did not listen to the skyhooks!'

Back in OPs day the Sullivans were also watched and the Skyhooks were also appreciated.

Justify violence against women? Were any walls punched?

If only walls were the only thing punched in matters of violence against women.

Your complaining for the sake of complaining.

OP regrets you have a complaint against OP's right of complaint

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[icyfroth]

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@topsidesoul wrote:

As I stated, this uproar at the ABC is coming from a man who is feeling the financial pinch and does not like free news online.

Online news should be accesable through 'pay walls'

Then you had an  morally just member of Family first 'accidently' hand over some freedom of information pay forms for ABC employees to the same news ltd people.

That whole 'they had the info about Indonesia for six months' turns out to be bogus because they spent those months trying to rifle through hundreds of thousands of online documents from Snowden that weren't organised.

I can smell a witch hunt.

Try harder next time OP.

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OP is trying hard to make sense of your P.

[spotweldersfriend]

I find overweight celebrities jumping into swimming pools more offensive.

[icyfroth]

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
I find overweight celebrities jumping into swimming pools more offensive.

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perhaps an umbrella would help?

[icyfroth]

OP is now retiring to the bedchamber and wishes all other P's a good night.