I recall mentioning some weeks ago that Dannii Harwood is at her best when her senses are stirred by virtue of being given something to work with.
A perspex chair or a massage table or a bottle of oil allied to different types of camerawork and a great starting outfit have been proven to make a really positive impact just recently.
But where such inspiration and assistive tools are not there it becomes harder for her.
Not just for her but for all the babes of course imo.
The repetitious nature of a lot of the BS shows is only very occasionally broken up with short spells of creativity, ambition and excitement.
The outfits are generally pretty mundane, most of the sets have no real redeeming feature or quality and the gimmicks along with pervcam stifle so much of the product in my view. The seemingly overwhelming priority to satisfy pervcam by shuffling it or oneself around to assume a position is deeply frustrating.
The obsession with winning or losing 2 minute challenges and constantly blabbering on the mic even when callers are in the queue is another significant annoyance.
In combination these factors have long since brought my calls to BS grinding to a virtual standstill (a couple of Jess West shows and Lori in the shower aside).
Priorities in the nightshow game have very much shifted to screwing money out of people left right and centre on the part of all channels and at least some of the babes as well. But at £2 per minute my response is thanks but no thanks.
I have tried to get excited by just camerwork alone whether it be at distance or POV or roaming cam but no.
I have tried to just rely on the looks of a babe but no.
I have tried to rely on babe enthusiasm but no.
There is no babe on BS whom I can say consistently delivers in terms of performance. No not even Ashley before anyone asks
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Ashley blows me away with her beauty but like all the rest she needs help.
Her best work for example has come when given a massage table or a perspex chair and or a bottle of oil with some good camerwork to go alongside.
Similar principle to Dannii really. It is hard to generate something out of nothing and unsurprisingly it is rarely if ever achieved at BS.
For all the inherent weaknesses of the other two channels the babes at S66 and Xpanded defy those weaknesses to the extent that something out of nothing is slightly more often created however little in it's degree. What causes this is hard to say. It might be a different working atmosphere or something else.
I don't honestly know. I can only speak as I feel and find. I suspect the gimmick ridden BS culture has a lot to do with it.
Nightshows seemed a whole lot simpler and purer back in time.
It is perhaps my own fault that I struggle to come to terms with the fact that things have changed so much and not for the better.
There is a fundamental sense of disappointment and resignation at what the channels offer right now but those feelings are stronger about BS than either of the other two channels. BS in theory have a very fine roster of babes (possibly the best).
But it fails time and again to deliver anywhere near what it is capable of in terms of visual stimulus. The fact BS has pretty much lost my custom and shows very little sign of ever regaining it speaks volumes for how I feel.
I can sit here and say lessons have to be learned but ample opportunity for that has already been seemingly wilfully rejected in favour of ruthless money grabbing.
Sad times indeed
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