Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
I never liked the Guardian much but ...
Please write to the Guardian to tell them what you think of this tasteless attempt to turn a very serious issue into a comedy sketch.
It's not funny to mock people on lower salaries, struggling to find a home.
To make it worse, the participants are actors.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/mar/14/exploitation-exp...
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Permalink Reply by Steve on
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I was going to say that I didn't find it offensive but frankly I did, it wasn't so much the subject matter but in my humble opinion it just wasn't funny! For something like this to work it needs to be more than a 'cheap shot' which is how it feels.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Agree Steve. It was an attempt at humour, but it fell fairly flat. Actors did okay with mediocre writing; Rather than 'Original Drama' the Guardian may do better doing a straight doco: or sticking to the day job (print media).
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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The irony failure by many of you is just hilarious. Ha ha ha.
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It's satire for G-d's sake. Don't you get it?
It's not an "attempt to turn a very serious issue into a comedy sketch" . It is precisely the opposite!
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I agree with SB. Comedy has always been used to make serious points. Here is used as a good way of 'catching' people who don't necessarily want to read an article or look at a documentary. It ends by showing some important facts that are not funny. So this is is quite a serious piece of social commentary although pepole may find the quality less than satisfactory.
You have missed the point completely.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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In that case, perhaps it wasn't put very clearly ?
I have never seen the programme of which it is supposed to be a parody.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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The title of the film "Exploitation, Exploitation, Exploitation" is a parody of the long running Channel 4 series "Location Location Location". The message in many of the TV programmes is that people looking for a home have to "compromise" to afford a roof over their head and accept that they have to live in a place they don't particularly want - and spend every penny they have to do so.
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Permalink Reply by Helen Myers on
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I thought this was appalling. It wasn't funny or informative. The problem is that it promotes yet again the figure of the Landlord as a scumbag. I am a private landlord and I wouldn't put my dog in one of those places. Ask my tenants. I decorate my flats as I would my own home and treat people with respect. Young professionals can afford my rents. House prices have gone up much more than rent and what with mortgage interest it is a squeeze to charge affordable rents. We are fulfilling a demand for rental accommodation. I was fortunately of a generation when I could afford my first flat at the age of 25, with a middle income job. Now unfortunately people cannot take this for granted and it is a big shock to a culture where 'An Englishman's home is his castle.'
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