Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Interviews

The interviews that deal mainly with celebrities are something that can be both entertaining and unwatchable. I'd first like to point out that these celebrities think their something that they are just not. You are an actor in this country yes, but who cares what you do for a living? The moral side of this situation is something that is generally absent because when you analyze the interviews with these celebrities, you know that there's nothing more concrete than it.

The interviewer asks simple questions like 'tell me about you childhood' or 'explain to me what the toughest par about being an actor is' or 'what's your favorite memory that you have throughout this career'. Literally, these are questions that require no preparation except maybe for a few minutes before the start of the show.

There are some exceptions. You'll tend to find that the more prominent actors and actresses only agree to do shows with the more professional and well known shows; like they are. It's not that I despise these shows. In fact, I find them very interesting. However, I do believe that there is much potential for improvement, not that anybody in the Middle East right now has "watching interviews" as their top priority. Nonetheless, when it was actually very popular among the population, people did seem to watch it constantly.

The political interviews are my favorite. The best thing about them is that they always seem to turn into a discussion between the interviewer and the guest. Essentially the interviewer isn't supposed to express their views, however the informality of the show itself (especially these days) causes the host to forget completely his role that only requires him to ask questions and just say what he personally thinks.

I really like the topics that are held in these interviews. They focus much on the problems in the Middle East rather than the international problems. They could care less about what's going on in with regards to soccer somewhere in Europe, but when it comes to their own country and the revolutions taking place there; yeah, that's mostly where their attention in directed.

My favorite political discussion is called "Opposite Direction". It's mainly a neutral host who mediates between two opposing parties who are required to discuss on certain topics. This show can get so out of hand that they're forced to take unscheduled commercial breaks. Sometimes the discussion will quickly turn into an argument that will turn personal that will has the potential of turning physical but will stop before that stage.

Not all of the political shows are like that. It just so happens that my favortie one is that one only because of the overall nature of the interview/argument itself. Like I said, political interviews are much better than other ones.
 

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