Thursday, January 11, 2007
the stockholm syndrome
CBB5 Day Eight
Carole, Leo and Duck up for eviction; so it's between Meltdown Man, The Face & a motherly figure from the Sunday Mirror.
Dirk is an odd fish. If they were allowed writing implements in there, he'd be scribbling 'Dirk4Shilpa' all over the walls. Earlier this week he proved the old adage of the UK and the US being two nations divided by a common language when he commented that he could hardly understand a word that anyone was saying. I don't see many viewers having strong views about Dirk, so we can anticipate his survival.
Carole is this year's primary example of Big Brother Stockholm Syndrome (BBSS) in which we generally find one of our sojourners arrives in the house after a VT implying that they are above the whole thing. In Carole's case, the hard driven journalist was going to investigate BB from the inside, enabling her to enhance her 'ability' to write rather gauche pieces, targeting the usual victims from tv and tabloid notoriety.
However, I must advise the court that Carole has fallen right into the BBSS trap that has captured so many of her predecessors. The empathy and factionalism that has hit every single group since Melanie Hill led the way in 2000.
Carole or Leo? Leo or Carole? The conundrum that is regularly faced. Dump the pain in the butt (Leo) or keep him because he makes better viewing with his self absorbed, 'me, me, me' ravings, and his Guantanamo Bay, and his "Air conditioning? Noise terrorism! I wouldn't keep a dog like this!" madness?
Alternatively boot out the tiresome Carole, with her 'I'm older, let me advise you' platitudes, or keep her in because... erm... actually I can't think of any reason why we may want to keep her with us.
Carole Malone is unlikely to ever win any 'Entertainer of the Year' awards.
Let's have a punt. My two pounds is on Little Leo to be hoofed out on Friday. Back to Oz and his little delusional world. G'day mate.
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# posted by Terence : 7:03 PM
