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Celebrity intervention: world a safer place. Phew!
Posted by Carl Parker on 11 December 2009 - 12:36pm.
The ever excellent Marina Hyde informs us in today's Guardian that BBC3 have commissioned Lindsay Lohan to produce a documentary investigating the trafficking of women and children in India.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2009/dec/11/india-l...
Lindsay Twitters "Over 40 children saved so far, within one day's work,", "this is what life is about . . . Doing THIS is a life worth living!!! Oh, and I'm talking about being in India."
Tom Lehrer gave up satire after Henry Kissinger was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. This might not be such a big deal but it does beggar belief, especially as cuts at the BBC loom elsewhere for some of the useful bits.
To say nothing about Licence Payer's money...
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Not encouraging but ...
While my initial reaction is similar to yours, I'd have to concede that a documentary on the subject hosted by Lindsay Lohan is likely to generate more attention than one hosted by the BBC's usual rent-a-pundits. Lohan's involvement also suggests that the programme is a co-production with an American channel, which would be a cost-saving exercise.
Attention generation v insightful reporting
She may well generate more publicity in certain circles but I'd still rather see a serious investigation than LL telling us terrible it all is while holding a photogenic child close.
Agreed
but to be fair I wouldn't have thought the likes of you and me are the audience demographic BBC3 are after; and if it gives the young people pause for thought, there's no harm in it.
And of course it's temporarily stopping her from inflicting any 'acting' on us :-)
"The ever excellent Marina Hyde"
It seems satire is indeed dead...
Egad, Ma'am
My soul is mortally wounded.
But I'm not the only fan of Marina.
From today's Guardian letters: "Please award Marina Hyde an immediate bonus (capped of course) for a wonderfully witty and acerbic article on Quentin Davies's bell tower (For whom the bell tolls, 11 December). I roared with laughter."