Nina, that's an interesting perspective - and perhaps all the more fucked-up for Sam's explicit description of herself, in her initial video, as a "feminist" and "equalitarian".
If that unconscious stuff really is going on in the minds of Moonpig & co., it might go some way in explaining the Sam-hate in the House, because I've been finding it difficult to understand exactly why she is apparently loathed with such intensity. Perhaps it's because I've seen very little of her (she's rarely featured on the edited highlights, possibly because she says very little and then only in response to challenges from Moonpig), perhaps it's because when I ask about it on Digital Spy, I get vague, nebulous "God, she's such an evil whore" responses. As far as I've been able to ascertain thus far, she's been alienating people precisely because rarely speaks but hangs around on the fringes of (mostly male) conversations, allegedly shooting malign "looks" at other women.
On the surface, it sounds relatively innocuous, but Sam's aroused enormous levels of contempt, not only in the majority of the female housemates (Saskia seeming to be the only exception) but also in the gay males. Now, Craig being the psychological carcrash that he is, I can see why the word "camp" caused him to erupt vitriol - and Kemal, while re-e-easonably mature, is always up for a spot of bitching - but Derek? From the very beginning, Derek clearly hated Sam with a passion; an "assassin", he called her.
So... I've been puzzled as to why she's not causing the same reaction in me, but I suspect it might be because I'm gleaning most of my knowledge of Big Brother online this year, rather than from E4 coverage, and Sam has to be observed over time in order to comprehend what's so contemptible about her. And yes, it's probably that she seems utterly tied up in the simpering role of being a passive lust/sexual object.
It's interesting that, now, even the hetboys seem to be bored with her. This makes me think that, like Vanessa, she's only got the one dimension. She's filler. I really think Big Brother fucked up in putting her in the House, when her place could've gone to someone a little more... just a little more. |
