Southampton, 15th February 2008
The jury's out on Ms. Allen's generally contemptable attempt at television...
It's been a long time, and this is a short post. I merely wish to bring attention to the young media of the minute — and, yes, I am aware of the irony of her appearance in a blog named for profundity! (Although no offence against the girl personally) The dear folk at Auntie have decided, not only that BBC Three needs to be pink and
"interactive", but also that a certain
Ms. L. R. B. Allen should have her own high-profile chat show.
Lily Allen and Friends, the website for which is at
BBCi, and of which you may draw your own conclusions by viewing online on the excellent BBC
iPlayer service
here, features, strangely enough, Allen herself, and her "friends" (as you may or may not be aware, these are electronic "friends" from that everyday social abomination,
MySpace),
YouTube videos, celebrity guests, and inane questions from "friends" such as that foul, vulgar wart
Chris Crocker.
As I say, I leave your judgment to you individually, but I am in the process of watching the first instalment. I'm unsure what to make of it — is it a new form of television, rooted in "new media"? Or a shocking example of declining standards in both society, and, more importantly at that fine bastion of quality the Beeb? The "newly-discovered" band is playing out, and the closest thing resembling a conclusion I have reached is that I have a largely unexpressable feeling of distaste for the whole affair. Whilst I'm at it, Rule Brittania!
God Save the Duke of Edinburgh!
D.S. B-Davies, Esq.
1 comment:
Lily Allen's Show: One would, as one would say, not
Lily Allen: One would... this one by any measure at least.
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