I’ve been watching the X Factor. For the uninitiated who have something better to do with their Saturday evening i.e. a life it’s the ITV talent show judged by the zeitgeist figure of Simon Cowell. I watch with and for the kids – natch – I’m much too serious a person to be seen dead watching it for my own pleasure. But it’s easy to get swept up in. I can’t pretend I don’t enjoy it. It’s got human interest, drama and occasionally some talent. It’s the tale of ordinary folk doing well or badly and it makes for great TV.
But of course its about selling a dream of fame and fortune. Every kid wants to be a star. Some of them can’t sing a note and are distraught and outraged at their rejection. After all you are nothing if you are not famous. X Factor is the epitome of a turbo-consuming society. It seduces us, eats up the space for any alternative and kids us we can all have it all. The planet burns and poor get poorer but if you can be the next Girls Aloud then why not.
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