Behind Enemy Lines
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Did anyone see a programme on C4 late on Tuesday night called something like " Ex-rated"? It left me thinking why on earth would anyone want to appear on a programme like that when often people who take part come out of it looking like dsyfunctional twats.
The basic premise was a couple who were engaged met up with 3 of their ex- partners and they discussed if there were any common faults /problems with the two protagionists and say if they thought they were compatible. Were the things which annoyed one ex the same things which annoyed all the others etc ? Potentially, it could have been revealing.
The bloke, could only muster up 2 proper ex girlfriends and someone who he'd had a one night stand with. ( Poor effort I thought ).
The first night the three ex's had dinner talking about the bloke, Tim, whilst his present girlfriend, and in fact, his fiancee, sat upstairs watching it all go on via TV monitors before joining the girls later to talk. She didn't cover herself in glory by crying. The whole process was reversed for the bloke as watched the girl's ex's talk about her. The next day, they both had to choose one of the ex's to have a " romantic" picnic with and then on the last night everyone had dinner together to talk about the whole thing.
We learnt that the bloke popped the question after just one week of meeting this girl! ( Who does that? ) but little else. With the exception of two of the ex's no-one came out of this with well and Tim, I thought, humiliated himself whilst his bride to be appeared a bit unstable. In the end, it all turned out ok for them and they married 4 weeks later. ( None of the ex's invited. )
I can see why people go on Big Brother - Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame and all that, plus it's become a passport for a TV career but for the life of me, why would anyone go on a programme like this. What, aside from a fee, do people gain ?
Perhaps these sorts of programmes do say something about us though. Why would we watch otherwise? I did watch it and although it made me cringe I did find it strangely compelling.
The other issue I suppose is how we deal with our ex's? Aren't most people now friends with some of their ex's or should we never speak to them again?
The basic premise was a couple who were engaged met up with 3 of their ex- partners and they discussed if there were any common faults /problems with the two protagionists and say if they thought they were compatible. Were the things which annoyed one ex the same things which annoyed all the others etc ? Potentially, it could have been revealing.
The bloke, could only muster up 2 proper ex girlfriends and someone who he'd had a one night stand with. ( Poor effort I thought ).
The first night the three ex's had dinner talking about the bloke, Tim, whilst his present girlfriend, and in fact, his fiancee, sat upstairs watching it all go on via TV monitors before joining the girls later to talk. She didn't cover herself in glory by crying. The whole process was reversed for the bloke as watched the girl's ex's talk about her. The next day, they both had to choose one of the ex's to have a " romantic" picnic with and then on the last night everyone had dinner together to talk about the whole thing.
We learnt that the bloke popped the question after just one week of meeting this girl! ( Who does that? ) but little else. With the exception of two of the ex's no-one came out of this with well and Tim, I thought, humiliated himself whilst his bride to be appeared a bit unstable. In the end, it all turned out ok for them and they married 4 weeks later. ( None of the ex's invited. )
I can see why people go on Big Brother - Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame and all that, plus it's become a passport for a TV career but for the life of me, why would anyone go on a programme like this. What, aside from a fee, do people gain ?
Perhaps these sorts of programmes do say something about us though. Why would we watch otherwise? I did watch it and although it made me cringe I did find it strangely compelling.
The other issue I suppose is how we deal with our ex's? Aren't most people now friends with some of their ex's or should we never speak to them again?
