Demons Run

Oh my SHITTING CHRIST. Have you been watching Doctor Who? I mean seriously, have you been watching this?! I can't talk about it because it would just be a little ridiculous to do so, but if you aren't... well... then you're mentally disturbed for denying yourself the genius of Moffat. I mean, there are television writers, then there are great television writers, and then there's Moffat. I seriously don't think I can textually suck this guy off enough, it's just not possible. And to think that he'll probably still be in charge when the 50th Anniversary comes around...

In other news, the SHADOW LINE is also hotting up and I think I should probably check out CASE HISTORIES as well, all depending on how much I can trust my laptop.

Other than gushing more about Doctor Who, there isn't much else for me to talk about at the moment because I haven't really had much computer access lately.

So...

THE SCHEME.

Now, this series caused and still continues to cause a fair amount of antagonism and controvosy amongst its viewers and I was compelled to check it out in order to see what all the fuss was about. And now I can definately see why.

After just one episode there's drug abuse, broken families, prison sentences, excessively ugly people and numerous police visits. There are homeless teenagers living by the grace of benefits earners and there are needles on the side of the road.

And this is a documentary.

This series was described as 'poverty-porn', and I know that one of my former lecturers would call it 'class-tourism', since it's intended for middle class audiances and is about an extremely under class housing scheme.

My mother called it 'grim'.

I call it 'taking advantage'.

The people in this show are real and their woefully pathetic and painful lives are on display for the rest of the world to see. I don't really approve of this kind of television, but I can't deny just how fascinating and compelling it is. This is a side of life that I'll never really know and know that I would never want to. I feel that I pity the people who have taken part in it and I know that my pity is probably the last thing they would ever want. It doesn't surprise me that the last two episodes may never be shown due to an ongoing court case.

It makes me sad to think about, so next time I'll probably either be talking about the SHADOW LINE or another classic from my dvd shelf.