CHARLIE CONDOU - No.209

NO FORESIGHT MEANS

FOUR - SHITE

Charliecondou: What has happened to Channel 4? It used to be innovative and creative. Now its just sensationalist and a bit shit #fatfighters

Eamonn_Forde: @Charliecondou Bit like Corrie when "the gays" arrived.

Charliecondou: RT @sophbags: @Charliecondou see my exact tweet of yesterday with their mash of programmes - million pound drop, Made in Chelsea and dumb comedy links

Ralphwjbrown: @Charliecondou C4 news still great while Jon Snow helms it

Charliecondou: @Ralphwjbrown But thats about it

GavinJuniper: @Charliecondou they nearly went bust so they changed - bollocks I know.

Charliecondou: @GavinJuniper I get that, but 90% of its programming is just cack

Tom_In_Oz_: @Charliecondou Charlie I live overseas so is this the same Channel 4 that Matt Cain is a reporter for? He seems very competent and knowing.

Charliecondou: @Tom_In_Oz_ He is indeed, the channel 4 news is great and Matt is brilliant. The channel as a whole has gone down though

Tom_In_Oz_: @Charliecondou BUGGER there has to be a reason! In Oz it's usually 4 financial reasons I bet it's the same there they buy cheap dross 2 run!

Above Matthew Cain reporter.

BABY LOVE

MrsLRCooper: Snooglelays

Charliecondou: @MrsLRCooper Spoken like a true new Mum

THE MISSING DM

indiaknight: I think it's stopped.

francesbarber13: @indiaknight oh no it hasn't !

Charliecondou: @francesbarber13 Ive DMed you dear x

francesbarber13: @Charliecondou havent got it babe x

CHARLIE’S SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

DiversityRM: Happy New Year from all at DRM! We have workshops in North London schools this week with @Charliecondou & @StirlandMartin.

No Glee for Queer teens

Charlie Condou of Coronation Street fame explores this phenomena of portraying the closeted queer teen as homophobic. He states: “ironically, I suspect that the gay character that most closely reflects reality in Glee is not the out and proud Kurt, but the closeted jock bully, Karofsky, who is struggling in denial over his sexuality.” Suggesting that it is much more difficult to create characters on a television series that actually mimic everyday life, rather than a romantic ideal about gayness, Condou’s assertion that Dave, the bully, is a more accurate representation of queerness might be so. The trouble with this presumption though is that homophobia is fast-becoming understood in these shows, and by audiences, as a queer problem.

If closeted-gays are the only ones hateful enough to be homophobic bullies, than heterosexuals, and the social systems that enable their “normalcy” are completely exonerated of any responsibility for homophobia. This is a dangerous message to be encouraging.

Furthermore, Condou is happy that these T.V. shows are presenting us with well “integrated” gays who “are most often seen dealing with the same everyday life issues as the straight characters” calling shows like Glee “political, but in a non-confrontational way.” However, my fear is that the idea that sexuality should be quietly politicized rather than rabidly argued actually borders too closely on the practices of silencing and assimilation.

If this is T.V.’s message for their gay-teen revolution we’re in trouble..

NB this is part of a much longer article available HERE

BYE BABY BUNSEN

Charliecondou: Honestly, you make ONE joke on Twitter...forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php… Bunsen is the name of @markgatiss's dog. Lovely name for a pet but not my son

streetworker01: @Charliecondou @markgatiss Oh, Charlie - no-one has a sense of humour anymore. How po faced are some of those posts? x

holymoly: @Charliecondou hahahaha

Markgatiss: @Charliecondou Hysterical! And entirely unexpected. Irony withers here...

IanHallard: @NightLinCat He does try to reply but he gets tweeted a lot! Glad you enjoyed Crooked House. It was a lovely job with delightful people.

Charliecondou: @IanHallard This is all your fault you know

IanHallard: @Charliecondou It could be worse. A few years ago, some woman we met on the Heath misheard his name and thought we'd called him Belsen!

Charliecondou: @IanHallard Hahaha, I always had you down for a couple of Nazis

sophbags: @Charliecondou @markgatiss but also actually still not that weird a name

AubreyEMiller: @Charliecondou @markgatiss I don't dislike it...Bunsen Honeydew was classic on the Muppet Show x

Confidential_CC: @Charliecondou @markgatiss in Oz a celeb using artificial insemination joked they were calling their girl Pyrex. It was reported all over even TV

LostWaxProcess: What's the cheapest way to get to LA?

Charliecondou: @LostWaxProcess Hitchhike