Is Coronation Street too raunchy or is this New Zealand MP too much of a prude who should go and get a life? NZ Labour MP Lianne Dalziel reckons that the watershed there should be moved to 7.30pm as 8.30pm to protect the nation's kids from raunchy scenes in Coronation Street, and has put her request to the Broadcasting Standards Authority in New Zealand. The Telegraph have run with this story and drawn up a list and pictures of some of what they consider to be Corrie's most raunchiest scenes. Most of them involve Rosie Webster or the soap's same-sex relationships.
What do you reckon? Is the Street too sexy? I say it's not sexy enough and isn't it about time we saw Norris in the nuddy?!
That is ridiculous. has she never seen the daytime American soaps? I used to have to cover my son's eyes when we flipped past them. So many daytime programs should NOT be on at that time.
ReplyDeleteKids these days do not have the same views as our parents, or even we do. to them a gay couple kissing is the exact same as a straight couple kissing (yay for progress!) It's no longer shocking.
I can't even remember a time when I had to cover kiddo's eyes for Corrie.
the only time I've had any issue, is when discussions of infidelity rear their ugly head (Leanne-Nick). That took some explaining, but it wasn't difficult at all.
Some MPs will do anything for publicity
ReplyDeleteI actually laughed when I read this!! And I love her solution - make the watershed 7:30pm cos all the kids are going to be in bed by then aren't they? NOT
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm.....nude Norris, maybe would be enough to send Mary fleeing Weatherfield in her camper.
ReplyDeleteI know Lianne, and she's no prude.In fact she is one of our more clued up Parliamentarians.
ReplyDeleteBut Coro St, along with another New Zealand soap on at the same time, have become very raunchy for small children's viewing. The issue of falling TV standards is very much in the news at the moment in this country, and Lianne's is only one of the comments being made about TV shows focussing continually on normalising anti-social behaviour.
In my view Coro St has become more and more desperate in its attempt to shock viewers. The makers of the show are digging their own grave, really. They are leaving themselves nowhere to go, in artistic terms.
Perhaps your blogger does not realise how much they themselves have normalised the sex and violence that have become a regular part of their own viewing. Sneaky, isn't it?
You know, she may have a point. It's not just too much bed hopping, because we really don't see a lot of that. But what about Becky's fortnightly drunken rampages? Selling children and withholding visitation? Stealing from business accounts? Dropping out of school? Alcoholism? Teens moving in together and planning a pregnancy? Untreated mental illness? Really, right now, the only positive role model among the young characters is Sian, who, if you can accept the lesbian thing, had a tough time at home but is pleasant to Sally, loyal to Sophie and stayed in school. Alas, she's only a supporting role. There hasn't been much good for us, and there certainly is little children & teens should be internalizing.
ReplyDeleteYou know, she may have a point. It's not just too much bed hopping, because we really don't see a lot of that. But what about Becky's fortnightly drunken rampages? Selling children and withholding visitation? Stealing from business accounts? Dropping out of school? Alcoholism? Teens moving in together and planning a pregnancy? Untreated mental illness? Really, right now, the only positive role model among the young characters is Sian, who, if you can accept the lesbian thing, had a tough time at home but is pleasant to Sally, loyal to Sophie and stayed in school. Alas, she's only a supporting role. There hasn't been much good for us, and there certainly is little children & teens should be internalizing.
ReplyDeleteIsn't the issue the parents? If you don't like your children watching it, why let them watch? Seven thirty is a time for adults and adult television. It's not full of sex and violence and swearing - that's after nine - but you should accept that it's a drama which will feature dramatic, real life issues. People living, dying, loving, hating. If you don't like your children watching it - and I personally don't believe there's anything in the show that's unsuitable for eight year olds and over - then don't let them watch it. Put on a DVD for them and record the show and watch it when they're in bed.
ReplyDeleteI don't find Corrie raunchy at all. There are programmes far more explicit in their portrayals of sex and violence. Shielding young people from the realities of life does them no good in the long run. viewing followed by a frank and honest discussion of what was seen is far more healthy.
ReplyDeleteCant say I find it too raunchy but do agree with the earlier comment about Beckys drunken ranpages. In the past year we have seen her make drunken binges a monthly affair. It's not only annoying but is on the boundaries of being accepted.
ReplyDeleteI, for one, use Becky's drunken rampages as way to discuss and show my son what alcohol abuse is really like. It's not pretty. People don't always sit around like Carla getting sloshed on fancy red wine. He's older though, 11, and 'gets it'. Younger I can see it being upsetting.
ReplyDeleteActually if there's one area that is a really bad influence on younger viewers it might be alcohol abuse. Who has a few pints at lunchtime these days, apart from the factory girls?
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