LET’S EVICT BIG BROTHER?!
It’s the show that brought the “turkey slap” to Australians everywhere. Derided by many but loved by more, Big Brother is an established cultural phenomenon and the flagship of the new millennium’s most pervasive television genre – reality television.
But has Big Brother gone too far? Calls from the Prime Minister, media commentators and church groups to scrap the show have reached fever pitch, following last month’s sex-charged scandal.
Is Big Brother the embodiment of a moral vacuity that has gripped Western society? A daring social experiment? Or just a damned good perve?
Join our expert panel at The Salon’s new venue, The Gaelic Club Members Bar, and help us get to the bottom of the bother about Big Brother.