Do you really think that the blokes on Game of Two Halves are representative? Who made the programme? What audience are they making it for? How does this affect the representation, messages and values found in the programme?
What messages are being sent by the programme? What values are shown?
Read this article from the Herald for a good discussion on Ellis and Ridge and co.
Some comments are that the guys, while "playing the bad boy role" are:
- reinforcing traditional male chauvinist attitudes to women.
- treating women as mere "eye candy
A feminist commentator said that the programmes made "new lad masculinity" seem quite okay, and women seem "marginalised" or second best, "while masking its messages in boyish humour."
Something to think about isn't it?
There's no denying that it is very amusing for some but also that the guys are playing "roles" and that the exaggerated behaviour they indulge in misrepresents the ordinary kiwi male whose female partner would almost ccertainly not tolerate sexual banter about her love life for the whole nation to hear.
So, the whole thing is a construction for the entertainment of a certain audience and it reflects only a small portion of NZers. Would you agree with that? (However, it does influence the way we see ourselves.)
Remember that no representation is innocent.
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