Tonight I watched a half hour programme on a commercial channel,
and for once I sat through the commercial break. I very rarely do that, but
just now and again I find it educational. It tells me yet again why I don’t
belong here; nothing they’re selling is of any interest to me. And I noticed
that the adverts largely fell into one of three categories:
Glamour (cheap)
Lifestyle (trivial)
Domesticity (grey)
Where the hell am I going to go to get away from this ocean
of dull plastic? And something I want to ask my American friends (please don’t
be offended; this is an honest observation.) Why do all the presenters on
American TV shows look as though they’ve just been taken out of a box and wound
up? Why does ‘respectable’ have to include hairstyles that look like
gel-encrusted wigs? I’m sure real Americans aren’t like that.
OK, shutting up now.
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