Audience
The humour of the programme can only be understood provided it's audience is able to connect to the jokes that gives the show its success and the reason the show is able to use these stereotypes without offending. Targeting a younger audience is the reason for their lack of criticism as these generations seem to be more understanding in this age and be able to appreciate the comedy stylings of today's comedians.
Criticism mainly only comes when pople who are not being targeted tune in to find people being made fun of in basic and cause uproar at what is esssencially meant to be a joke isn't it?
The pleasures of this kind of text for audiences is that almost voyeuristic feeling that they know they shouldn't being watching it and laughing at these negative stereotypes but they do. It also gives the pleasure of relife that there's others know share your views on this type of people or group, but it's not really something you'd profer to say out loud as times have changed considerably into a multi-ethnic, mutlicultural society etc.
Criticism mainly only comes when pople who are not being targeted tune in to find people being made fun of in basic and cause uproar at what is esssencially meant to be a joke isn't it?
The pleasures of this kind of text for audiences is that almost voyeuristic feeling that they know they shouldn't being watching it and laughing at these negative stereotypes but they do. It also gives the pleasure of relife that there's others know share your views on this type of people or group, but it's not really something you'd profer to say out loud as times have changed considerably into a multi-ethnic, mutlicultural society etc.
posted by dp866GHS at 12:48 PM
1 Comments:
Some good points. Try to find examples of these 'oppositional readings' (most likely from the 'Daily Mail').
Do research into the actual audience breakdown - contact the BBC if necessary.
What are the pleasures of this type of text for audiences?
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