tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1596341566301995681..comments2024-03-19T22:42:04.062+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: "Seven Sharp" Needs A Point (Of View)Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-47734150137129559572013-02-11T16:48:34.280+13:002013-02-11T16:48:34.280+13:00In my job writing advertorial I interviewed the ow...In my job writing advertorial I interviewed the owners of a shop that sells streetwear etc. They described themselves as "counter culture" which made me think afterwards why this didn't fit with my notion of "counter culture", being of an age where I belonged to one. I realised the element that was missing in associating the shop (and many like it) with the use of this term was that they didn't have a political position. You can't be counter culture or "alternative" without taking a political position vis a vis the predominant culture. Otherwise all you really have is counter culture "style" such as you might find in Cuba Street Wellington or among Goths in Palmerston North. It's a bit like journalism - you do have to take a position to engage with a story. Otherwise its just style. A viewpoint from your car as you drive past an event, that tells you nothing about why it is occuring. Not objective or impartial but disinterested. Producing neither great entertainment nor great news. Anyone looking for either will probably find more satisfaction elsewhere. (but a stimulating commentary nonetheless)Gaetanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12118623820033805162013-02-10T18:50:29.952+13:002013-02-10T18:50:29.952+13:00There's nothing wrong with focussing on a youn...There's nothing wrong with focussing on a young audience.<br /><br />TVNZ had a choice on choosing to try to attract the many smart young people who keep themselves informed, have values and principles and think deeply about current issues or the dumb young people think they are too clever to commit to participating in the society we all belong to.<br /><br />Guess which one they chose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-67109275186318925432013-02-10T17:25:35.943+13:002013-02-10T17:25:35.943+13:00Perhaps it's a case of Mau means Less.Perhaps it's a case of Mau means Less.Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-8274086353521219232013-02-10T14:00:27.193+13:002013-02-10T14:00:27.193+13:00From the poll readings it appears that many of the...From the poll readings it appears that many of the people this programme was designed for are still with fantasy land of Shortland Street.Paulusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26355436947642626182013-02-09T21:28:03.012+13:002013-02-09T21:28:03.012+13:00Sorry Chris but you give my generation far too muc...Sorry Chris but you give my generation far too much credit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-72771316901872214282013-02-09T16:13:12.867+13:002013-02-09T16:13:12.867+13:00HC -
"The doctrine enunciated by Lord Reith,...HC -<br /><br />"The doctrine enunciated by Lord Reith, the first Director-General of the BBC, that broadcasting should “elevate, educate and entertain” the ignorant masses (and in that order) would be laughed out of court by Generations X and Y."<br /><br />In your blog you refer to gen X and Y not being familiar with traditional public broadcasting and rather with mobile phones, computers and You Tube. <br /><br />Yes, you are right with that, but I think gen X and Y are fooling themselves in regards to their smartness, modern autonomy, independence and freedom to view, analyse and judge competently.<br /><br />Media and information was never so "influential", manipulated AND biased as these days, and 'Facebook' and others gather heaps of "information", to sell for "commercial" use, most do not even know about. <br /><br />With the end of "collective" communication and broadcasting, and the responsibilities and structures that came with that, we have now billions of individualistic, cyber geeks and nerds, who are actually believing in "faked" freedom, independence and "democratic" power.<br /><br />Manipulation and misinformation is rife, and Seven Sharp is exposing moderators not of age X and Y, who are supposed to cater to them, but who do not even understand that generation.<br /><br />So it is a fail in many respects. RIP 7 SharpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-79348009860014073422013-02-09T14:20:36.404+13:002013-02-09T14:20:36.404+13:00WE TOO are disappointed - we waited & waited t...WE TOO are disappointed - we waited & waited to be impressed - to be informed - to be oh so that is what happened - <br /><br />we looked at her little bit of cleavage - <br /><br />we looked at his false hair-do & greg was so uncomfortable with this fast false ness .... grimacing <br /><br />... waiting ... waiting ... <br />diana & 3 friends Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-10743484583138855072013-02-09T11:43:40.894+13:002013-02-09T11:43:40.894+13:00@Anonymous at 11.45pm: Sounds very much like the p...@Anonymous at 11.45pm: Sounds very much like the professor in the excellent 2007 film The Visitor.Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706837774091073272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-54751730776756014722013-02-08T23:45:36.932+13:002013-02-08T23:45:36.932+13:00What Anon at 5.43 meant to say:
I teach at a univ...What Anon at 5.43 meant to say:<br /><br />I teach at a university – I lecture off age-browned handwritten notes and the occasional OHP sheet. With the exception of a one-year sabbatical, I have held the same position for twenty years. <br /><br />A precocious child, I learnt the subtleties of English prose reading Biggles. <br /><br />I publish three little-read articles in obscure economics journals every year to remain “research active.” They are largely unacknowledged thefts from footnotes in von Mises and Hayek, albeit bloated to article size with the current jargon. <br /><br />I maintain, indeed cultivate, a petty sense of superiority by year-on-year lazily regurgitating the commonplace concepts in my field to people who have never encountered these concepts before. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-29290916223323582682013-02-08T23:08:15.627+13:002013-02-08T23:08:15.627+13:00@Anonymous 5.43. Are you in the wrong line of busi...@Anonymous 5.43. Are you in the wrong line of business? Sounds as though it's eating you up. Grant Haynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-70836037429084625732013-02-08T21:57:40.018+13:002013-02-08T21:57:40.018+13:00It's time to sell TVNZ..past time.It's time to sell TVNZ..past time.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-72617360530064503782013-02-08T19:00:08.756+13:002013-02-08T19:00:08.756+13:00Like Kiwi humour Anonymous.Like Kiwi humour Anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-36732458982904120942013-02-08T17:43:52.609+13:002013-02-08T17:43:52.609+13:00I teach at a university. They are narcissistic kno...I teach at a university. They are narcissistic know-nothings. Most can't really read or write properly and our McDegree granting university won't let us fail them because of money. Basically, they're a write off. The fact that they see themselves as media savvy is the biggest joke of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-50624969379986672662013-02-08T12:50:09.333+13:002013-02-08T12:50:09.333+13:00No one, least of all TVNZ's unfortunate strate...No one, least of all TVNZ's unfortunate strategists, has understood quite why this show is such an abject failure. <br /><br />They have simply focus-grouped and committed identity theft on their target audience and packaged it up to present back at them, whereas the seemingly irreverent socially-apathetic hipster attitude of the youth is a response to culturally-enforced requirement of political disaffection and the deep confusion engendered of progressive contemporary identity. <br /><br />Doesn't mean the youth don't believe in ideals, it's just they don't want to be seen as archaic moderns. They want cultural authorities to present subversive ideals out of the stealth of satire. <br /><br />The horror of the show is for the target demographic be presented with the image of its self with all the concealed hope and radicalism having been distilled out of it. They see only the nihilistic, the fatalistic, and the mindlessly inane; the show is a crafted insult. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75387345998619202932013-02-08T12:12:24.748+13:002013-02-08T12:12:24.748+13:00You hit the nail on the head describing the attrac...You hit the nail on the head describing the attractiveness of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to my (20s/30s) generation, as well as describing how Seven Sharp are missing the mark.<br /><br />We want to deal with the nitty gritty, we want to see something resembling "real" journalism. We want to laugh at the hypocrisy because the reality is so pathetic the only other option is to get mad (or sad). We don't want to resort to cheap shots and baseless slander.<br /><br />Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert absolutely nail the fine line between journalism and comedy. But I watched ten minutes of Seven Sharp and it has a long way to go. I cringed the whole ten minutes. I'll check back in six months or so.<br /><br />We don't call Jon Stewart a comedian. We call him brilliant.Shazzanoreply@blogger.com