Posts Tagged ‘dumbing down’
Mercury and Fluoride – The Dumbing Down Of A Population
Posted by smeddum on April 20, 2009
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Jennifer Saunders accuses BBC of dumbing down comedy
Posted by smeddum on November 11, 2008
Jennifer Saunders accuses BBC of dumbing down comedy
Jennifer Saunders has blamed dumbing down at the BBC for prompting her to quit the Corporation together with comedy partner Dawn French.
By Charlotte Bailey
Telegraph 20 Oct 2008
Saunders, 50, said that financial restraints and competition from digital channels has meant that the BBC has been less willing to take on ambitious work, instead focusing on ‘populist’ comedy.
The mother of three, who is married to fellow comic Adrian Edmondson, told a newspaper columnist at The Daily Mail that the Corporation’s attitude to comedy has changed.
She said: “They are not making the kind of comedy we used to do – what they want now is populist programmes because there isn’t the budget to try the more ambitious things we were doing. Read the rest of this entry »
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