I don’t give a diddly squat about Channel 4′s Celebrity Big Brother and the escalated racism row going on with former BB contestant Jade Goody and the Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty who are currently incarcerated together. It has spawned opinions in everyone from own our own homes and offices, to our Chancellor Gordon Brown to (most likely) the entire country of India by this time tomorrow. Another ratings war won by Channel 4 and essentially, a sad reflection on how we seem to idolise celebrity more than the real issues and also how we perceive each other in this post 9/11, sensitive interracial climate we live in today.
What did make me laugh out loud was Frankie Boyle’s comment on the TV show ‘Mock The Week‘ last night. He spoke about the fact we – the general public and the media, despite the fact we are all fully aware she is, how the Dictionary would describe as – ‘a moron’, have willingly elevated Ms Goody to her current status of ‘celebrity’, to only now be shocked by the fact she has said some highly offensive and stupid remarks. A naive reaction, and I quote Frankie:
“The equivalent of training a chimpanzee to be a butler, but then to be horrified later on, when it decides to throw it’s own shit at the dinner guests”.
