Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Television is the art medium of the masses. The British public's devotion to the box, evidenced either through comments like "Well I never knew what she saw in Fred" overheard in the shopping queue or fierce living room debates ignited by that night's Panorama program, owes to the balance between entertainment and information/news.
Often, the line between the two becomes fuzzy as writers like Sally Wainwright set their TV dramas in a contemporary setting. The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard follows the 'next' PM on her journey from supermarket manager to resident at number 10.
As Simon Basketter points out, Wainwright decided when it was too hard to stand for Parliament the only other option was to script her hopes and get them on the telly. The points illustrated in the series are reaching a wider audience than they would have, coming from Wainwright as an MP.
Public response to the show is actually being gauged on Mrs. Pritchard's campaign website.
Enough people are engaged by what they percieve as entertainment (shows doing undercover investigations or unmasking 'villains' who rip off OAPs) that Wainwright's decision may well have been the wisest.
Often, the line between the two becomes fuzzy as writers like Sally Wainwright set their TV dramas in a contemporary setting. The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard follows the 'next' PM on her journey from supermarket manager to resident at number 10.
As Simon Basketter points out, Wainwright decided when it was too hard to stand for Parliament the only other option was to script her hopes and get them on the telly. The points illustrated in the series are reaching a wider audience than they would have, coming from Wainwright as an MP.
Public response to the show is actually being gauged on Mrs. Pritchard's campaign website.
Enough people are engaged by what they percieve as entertainment (shows doing undercover investigations or unmasking 'villains' who rip off OAPs) that Wainwright's decision may well have been the wisest.
# posted by Kielty @ 11:40 AM 
