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| Chrissie from Big Brother | |
George Orwell's invention of Big Brother is something which has fascinated
social analysts for over half a century. Sadly though, the dumbed down
commercial adaption of the concept in the TV series of the same name is more
like the Soma rations in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. It is something to be
shunned or ignored by those of us who like to believe we belong to the intellectual
elite. Unless of course it involves fat chicks. Some technician was watching resident fat chick Chrissie about to hop into
the shower and said 'I'd never go for a fat woman'. Most of the
live-feed audience was probably saying the same thing but, unlike the
technician, they weren't within range of the microphones. Chrissie overheard
the remark, choose to be mortally offended and, presumably in one of her few
moments of lucidity, realized she was a piece of meat on show, cried victim, and was promptly
supported by the rest of the boring under-achieving exhibitionists on the
program. People are expected to feel sympathy for overweight women, but exactly why
is puzzling - they could diet, but choose not to - ie they are merely women who
enjoy food more than sex. Why do people put themselves on exhibition, and then cry victim when people
make unflattering comments? A smart person doesn't take a shower on national
television (or the Internet) and then take the
view that someone violated her citadel of dignity by making a crass remark. Which really highlights Crissie's problem: it's not actually her weight -
it's that her weight exceeds her IQ.
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