Brass Eye paedophiles
Case study: ‘Brass Eye’ paedophiles, representations and audience response.1) Having watched the program outline all the possible ways in which it could have offended viewers. The makers of Brass Eye say they set out to portray the way the media sensationalises issues surrounding paedophilia. Having attempted to examine the program in an objective way I can understand why some people were offended by the content. Audience members who had been directly affected by paedophilia may have had more reason than most to be offended. There was perhaps gratuitous use of graphic images, which were unnecessary as the point of the sketch was already apparent. The scenes that I think may have caused the most controversy are those involving real children in graphic or unpleasant situations. For example when a "paedophile" is imprisoned in stocks while a young boy is paraded in front of him. He says he does not fancy the boy. Later on in the program two girls say they are not worried that a pop star they like, JLB8, is a paedophile. "Like we care," one says. The program also made light of real life paedophile by having a sketch whereby a rocket is fired into space supposedly with paedophile Sidney Cooke on board. It is then announced a
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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