All of these awards shows are cleverly disguised infomercials for a sports and entertainment obsessed culture. Awards should be given out to those who we are most depended upon - teachers, emergency response workers etc. Unlike actors, they tend to be vastly underpaid.
By all means let them hold awards at a dinner but not televise it, I don't think it's really of interest to the public. It's a bit much to watch people whom are highly paid, enjoying pats on their backs for doing their job, seen by some as sycophantic.
Who watches them anyway? Unless you are the industry it is irrelevant tripe.
This piece is meant to be a joke everyone. But just in case it isn’t, can I just say that I paid to watch The Wife.
Imagine having to pay for the privilege of watching a succession of luvvies spouting absolute horse shite about the positive influences in their lives and how their dead cat’s mother gave them direction and drive.Oh! wait a minute we do,yeah the TV licence,how could I forget?
Sunday's BAFTAs was excruciating. Kept switching back but it was such uncomfortable viewing.
I honestly wouldn't mind the ceremony not being televised, if it meant the focus would be on awarding the films and people who deserve to be awarded, instead of how many people tuned in to watch them hand the awards out.
This is a dumb idea and you should feel dumb for proposing it.
I’m mildly interested in who wins; but I can find that out via Twitter as the awards are made. The speeches are dire.
Your paper is becoming the same standard of writing as takeabreak magazine ... justsaying
Ban? I realize it’s probably just clickbait as headline, but what an overreaction on the part of Mr. Heritage. Burning “self-important” books, is that proposed “solution” next on his list? Because if/when no one (or not enough people) watches awards shows, they’ll nix themselves.
Ban? That’s a bit dramatic... Don’t watch it if you don’t like it.
ESPECIALLY QUESTION TIME AWARDING WEE RED WILLIE(billy) FOUR SOLO APPEARANCES ON STATE TELE IS BETTER THAN ANY RT
MarkBorkowski Award ceremonies are almost inevitably bound towards a sickening display of Luvviedom. How many times have you heard the National Treasure Monologue, or thinly disguised variants,at such bashes. Never liked em, never will. Insestuous.
Most boring part of TV
Who actually cares?
Definitely, if they are as dreary as the baftas
That opening speech by Joanna Lumley was toe curlingly embarrassing! I felt stevecoogan65’s groan at the Terrible Stan Laurel joke 🤦🏻♀️. Sorry, but I’ll take rickygervais presenting the oscars over that shite any time
Total waste of time. What’s it about? Oh yeah, rich people, giving other rich people trophies!
Just don’t watch them. What is it with the left and banning everything? You know it just reminds the rest of us that at your core you’re authoritarians.
Another horrible headline that has nothing to do with the piece. The author suggests that the media organizations should stop televising them and gives many financial reasons and solid business reasons why they should stop. Not advocating censorship or any encroachment of freedom
Agreed!
Yes, the jokes were lame, but this seems a bit extreme.
'Stop giving attention to people who are so clearly desperate for it.' says person writing hot take.
Just ignore them like I do.
No! Enjoy them!
Hell yeah
I don't understand the fascination with it all. But if people need reassurance that actors in their film had the 'best hair'(!?), for example, and if other people need to see them being seen to be considered the best at giving people the 'best hair', let them have it.
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And just how else will us geezers realize we know none of the nominees?
Can’t we just ban hack journalism instead?
Imagine this being a thing you are willing to write about.... researching it, putting all the words in the right order then actually publishing it.
It was always a turnoff: Like watching the pretend and role-play dialoguing of 5-year olds acting out decisions imagined to be grownup.
The Guardian is right up there with BuzzFeed for clickbait now isn't it? And it works...every single time!
GuyLodge kristapley AwardsCircuit Is this for fucking real?
Yes. The other night the grammys took nearly 4 hours. 🤦🏾♂️
Hear hear. I can’t agree more. They make me sick! Self serving, fake smiles, fake tears, fake speeches. Enough already.
Finally, an intelligent thought!!
They should not be televised live; there should be a 60-90 minute highlights show afterwards on cable for viewers who are still interested.
What should be banned,is all the performances that I don’t like !
Don't celebrities have anything else to do besides dressing up and going to parties all the time and having society worship them, before returning to their mansions?
No, want to see them
Only time I have agreed with this rag the Guardian. However , I think these programmes are a total waste of time and money. Put the results on Facebook or Instagram . Speeches are boring and actors get carried away with their stardom using it as a forum against things.
Or make them much shorter. They loose me about one hour in.
You can, and I'm serious here, just not watch awards shows. Change the channel. Watch Netflix. Go outside. Nobody is forcing you to watch them.
There are bigger problems in the world.
Next, ban the Olympics? Or Nobel prize? Award shows appear to be the acknowledgement of people at the top of their profession.
Of all our problems in this World, televising of award shows must be quite low on the list
Awards shows are much too long and are simply boring most of the time.
Myself and millions of others are fed up of seeing slebs patting each other’s backs. They’re just people that could never hold down a real honest job
Why? I love them..........
Try using “Mute”
Because this really matters.
AMEN!
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