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Definitely worth diving in, I reckon, Stoatie. It's really early days for one thing, and if you've been reading this thread as well as the papers then you're perfectly prepared. Don't listen to Puck; like the rain in June and sunshine in November, people always think it was different last year. I, for one, pretty much always hate them all at the two-week point. It's part of the journey.
So what are people's assessments of Big Brother the machine, this year? Every series there's a slightly different approach - the rich and poor, surprise new housemates, Big Brother as Evil... is there evidence of any themes emerging so far in this series?
Talk of a 13th Housemate having a particularly nasty time of it seemed exaggerated when Makosi's secret mission quickly resolved and her sentence as unlucky-13 expired. But giving Saskia the chance to be Big Brother makes me wonder whether social/political power and status are going to be the thing BB fucks with this year, that housemates are singled out for special treatment individually and behind closed doors.
There seems to be more evidence of BB being more untrustworthy (allowing Sakia to manipulate and then observe Maxwell's diary room session for one thing, but also the way housemates were wrong-footed in the counting challenge).
What I think might be interesting about this approach is that sooner or later housemates are going to realise that Big Brother is not always telling the truth, might not be keeping their secrets and might have snatched the body of one of the housemates at anytime. If Sakia lets slip her complicity in Maxwell's (rather adorable, I thought) diary room confession, then people aren't going to trust the sanctity of the Diary Room, are going to be less likely to confide in BB and it could introduce a new tactical element. If increasingly fiendish secret missions continue to be assigned, they're going to work it out one by one. If their last refuge of privacy is removed, then it's going to ramp up the paranoia and insecurity. Look at how much Roberto relies on it for escape and reassurance. Could be interesting. |
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