tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3897340682802111013..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The harmless TV fun of today may produce the scandals of tomorrowDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-55959472475541326312012-12-24T06:05:05.406+00:002012-12-24T06:05:05.406+00:00Isn't one difference between the type of stars...Isn't one difference between the type of stars thrown up by the kind of telly shows of which you speak and say the teen pop stars of forty years ago is that it is precisely the kind of 'dark and abusive' back story that the current set up depends.<br /><br />In 1973 a cheeky teen singer could only be experienced through a few magazines and TOTP. These days there can be nary a cranny or corner of their lives into which the camera doesn't pry or anything so private they don't want to reveal about themselves.<br /><br />As I understand things it is standard practice for these hopefuls to preface a performance with a dedication to grandad who died last month, last year or five year's ago and thus illicit the sympathy of the judges.<br /><br />If one of them were to say ''My scoutmaster has been bumming me for two years...this is I Believe I Can Fly.'' They'd be a shoo-in.<br /><br />The point is that the whole circus is defined by openess and willingness to give up privacy.If this is where scandals of the future lie then these people are victims of their own inadequacies. Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.com