Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Honest Guv


Michael Grade wants to adopt a "zero tolerance" policy. He won't accept any film company trying to mislead the public. They need to win back our "trust". It's an interesting line because, after all, TV is entertainment. And should we ever trust entertainers. The reason they are there is to suspend belief and transfer us to another world.

I listened to his interview on Radio 4 this morning. he was talking about how it was wrong for "reality" shows and interviews to use actors. But the "plant" has been in common use for magicians, theatres, comedians, andgenerally all types of entertainment since the concept was first founded.

TV should be about suspending belief, that's what it is there for.

1 comment:

sally said...

actually, it's about suspending disbelief.......