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The Father Of Reality Tv Rails Against The Monster His Child Has Become; Has Not Read 'Frankenstein' Recently |
| Published: April 23, 2008, 8:36 pm |
| Tags: au, baftas, paul watson, reality television |
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Interesting little bit of "industry" drama happening in the UK at the moment: Paul Watson, who is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer who, it's generally accepted, invented the reality television format with his documentaries The Family - and one we'll all remember - Sylvania Waters, won a special BAFTA on the weekend for Outstanding Contribution to Television. In his acceptance speech, he took a moment to open up a pretty amazing spray on the topic of reality TV (particularly gutsy considering he has made reality television, more or less, even if his efforts were a little higher up the viewing food-chain than Laddette To Lady or Wife Swap), calling it "sneering" and branding Simon Cowell a "bully". Here are some highlights from his op-ed piece in the Mail explaining his harsh words:With fly-on-the-wall series like The Family (about the working class Wilkins who lived in Reading) and Sylvania Waters (about a raucous family who lived in a suburb of Sydney), I [ Full article ] |
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