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This whole business has turned me off watching the show, much as I hate to fall into line with the tabloid headlines. One of the enjoyable, nice things about BB this year has been seeing the people who spout really, really obnoxious, bigotted views get booted out of the house, with the knowledge that they'll never be given quite that level of exposure again. So it frustrates and horrifies me that Grace's opinions, which always seem to make a very quick and strong impression on deeply susceptible cretins like Mikey and Nikki (who probably do share a lot of her nastier views on some level, but don't tend to bring them up without encouragement), are getting an airing again.
This would be less annoying if a) the stuff aimed at Richard to an extent, implicitly, and Aisleyne explicitly didn't have ugly, wider ramifications and b) I didn't know from reading other corners of the internet, watching related shows etc. that there are a lot of susceptible cretins out there who will also parrot this stuff back in turn.
In particular, the "Aisleyne talks funny, like some kind of penniless black person!" motif had all but disappeared from inside the House even before Mikey left, and I think this has a lot to do with the fact that it's not just a racist and classist idea, but also a very specifically anti-metropolitan, anti-London one, in a way that even the dedicatedly provincial Glynn could never quite generate himself.
I'm sure the showrunners are taking the view that every story needs a villain, and they've provided us with not just one, but a whole Injustice League of them. To an extent this is compelling, but I'll be a lot happier after tonight when three of 'em get kicked back out (especially if those three are Nikki, Grace and Mikey), and I'll be a lot happier if Richard's still there too. |
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