Post by Teddy Bear on Jun 20, 2009 18:07:33 GMT
Not that I intend to watch it, or ever have, but I can appreciate the warmth and talent of Bruce Forsyth, that even at 81 has forgotten more how to charm an audience than most other presenters will ever know.
The fact that he will be replaced by Peter Andre, a talentless dumb shmuck of the highest order, who used the big breasts of Jordan to launch any type of career, just about sums up the quality that the BBC is able to produce.
Daily Mail's Amanda Platell has more to say about this, as well as the replacement of a talented 66 year old Arlene Phillips by a voluptuous 30 year old body without mind. I can't say I have personal experience of either of them.
The fact that he will be replaced by Peter Andre, a talentless dumb shmuck of the highest order, who used the big breasts of Jordan to launch any type of career, just about sums up the quality that the BBC is able to produce.
Daily Mail's Amanda Platell has more to say about this, as well as the replacement of a talented 66 year old Arlene Phillips by a voluptuous 30 year old body without mind. I can't say I have personal experience of either of them.
Little Miss Cleavage and the Beeb's ageist bias
By Amanda Platell
Picture the scene. BBC bosses haul in the 81-year- old Bruce Forsyth and say: 'Thanks for making Strictly Come Dancing one of our most popular family entertainment shows ever, Brucie, but we've decided you're passed it.
'We're replacing you with Peter Andre. He may not know much about dancing, but he looks good in his skimpies.'
Unthinkable, isn't it? Yet equally absurd is the decision by the Beeb to sack the show's vastly experienced, gloriously acerbic judge Arlene Philips, 66.
Her mooted replacement? The pneumatic 30-year-old Alesha Dixon, a pop singer with even fewer facial expressions than Amanda Holden and about half as many brain cells.
Alesha's only qualification for the job is that she won the last series of Strictly by wearing as few clothes as possible - a 'talent' I'm sure will be on prominent display if she joins the judging panel for the forthcoming series.
Contrast little Miss Cleavage with the witty and wise Arlene - a woman passionate about her profession, with a lifetime of choreography to draw on - who remains unfalteringly frank and fair in her verdicts.
She is every bit as vital to the show's popular appeal as her fellow judge, 65-year- old Len Goodman, who's another wise old bird. So why isn't he being asked to step aside? Easy. He's a man. And men at the Beeb aren't limited by their age. Women, on the other hand, are cast on the scrap heap as soon as that first grey hair sprouts.
It is outrageous that any organisation, but especially a publicly-funded one like the BBC, is allowed to behave in such a blatantly biased manner.
Part of the success of Strictly - and I am an unashamed devotee - is that it managed to appeal to all classes, sexes and generations.
Chucking out Arlene for a seminaked pop poppet is an insult to every woman watching, young or old - a signal that we're valued only for the way we look, not for our wisdom, experience and hard work.
Not that we should be surprised. Arlene is merely the latest in a long list of women of a certain age treated appallingly by the BBC - a cravenly PC organisation when it comes to minority rights, but as ageist and sexist as a Premier League football team's locker room when it comes to its own female presenters.
By Amanda Platell
Picture the scene. BBC bosses haul in the 81-year- old Bruce Forsyth and say: 'Thanks for making Strictly Come Dancing one of our most popular family entertainment shows ever, Brucie, but we've decided you're passed it.
'We're replacing you with Peter Andre. He may not know much about dancing, but he looks good in his skimpies.'
Unthinkable, isn't it? Yet equally absurd is the decision by the Beeb to sack the show's vastly experienced, gloriously acerbic judge Arlene Philips, 66.
Her mooted replacement? The pneumatic 30-year-old Alesha Dixon, a pop singer with even fewer facial expressions than Amanda Holden and about half as many brain cells.
Alesha's only qualification for the job is that she won the last series of Strictly by wearing as few clothes as possible - a 'talent' I'm sure will be on prominent display if she joins the judging panel for the forthcoming series.
Contrast little Miss Cleavage with the witty and wise Arlene - a woman passionate about her profession, with a lifetime of choreography to draw on - who remains unfalteringly frank and fair in her verdicts.
She is every bit as vital to the show's popular appeal as her fellow judge, 65-year- old Len Goodman, who's another wise old bird. So why isn't he being asked to step aside? Easy. He's a man. And men at the Beeb aren't limited by their age. Women, on the other hand, are cast on the scrap heap as soon as that first grey hair sprouts.
It is outrageous that any organisation, but especially a publicly-funded one like the BBC, is allowed to behave in such a blatantly biased manner.
Part of the success of Strictly - and I am an unashamed devotee - is that it managed to appeal to all classes, sexes and generations.
Chucking out Arlene for a seminaked pop poppet is an insult to every woman watching, young or old - a signal that we're valued only for the way we look, not for our wisdom, experience and hard work.
Not that we should be surprised. Arlene is merely the latest in a long list of women of a certain age treated appallingly by the BBC - a cravenly PC organisation when it comes to minority rights, but as ageist and sexist as a Premier League football team's locker room when it comes to its own female presenters.