On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > The night after her "Britain's Got Talent" defeat, show staff members > noticed unusual behavior at her London hotel and her taken by > ambulance to the Priory clinic: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/01/susan-boyle-taken-to-priory-clinic > > "BGT" judge Piers Morgan, who I suspect has some financial interest in > Boyle's future career, told the ITV morning show "GMTV" that it was > just nerves and exhaustion, but one wonders--and remembers Chuck > Barris' line that the ultimate game (or reality competition) show > would be where someone dies at the end.
Barris missed the mark. Even after the guy fell face first into a roaring fire on "Survivor," it didn't even phase viewers. We've watched people kill themselves (or others, or be killed by cops) in high speed pursuits for years, and not only does it not prevent news outlets from carrying the car chases live, but programs have been produced to show the "best" car chases. We are, at any given moment, 20 minutes away from "The Running Man." And, at the end of the day, talent scouts (casting agents, or whatever you want to call them) don't care if they find a mentally unstable person, as long as his or her appearance makes for good television (admittedly, I know nothing about Ms. Boyle specifically, having never seen her, listened to her, or taken even a casual interest in her career... that said, I wish her well). On "Your Big Break" we found someone who was convinced she was a reincarnated celebrity (despite the fact she was born at least 25 years before the celebrity in question had died). We had a guy who was essentially homeless and socially... um... unique. We had another guy who was convinced his beard could only be shaved with a straight razor (freaked out about it, in fact), causing us to span Southern California to find the ONE GUY who still used the tool from the dark ages. And, though I've mentioned this point before, it bears repeating, we cast several people who referred to singing in a karaoke bar as a "gig." All of these people brought their unique brand of crazy to Studio 1 at NBC, and we didn't care as long as they made good TV. And that is the way of things in the business we call show. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
