It took a while for me to register it, but finally it sank in: Big Brother 9, currently on Channel 4, has a blind housemate, Michael. It appears that Michael is a DJ with radio show Blindsighted, so apart from personal motives, there’s something political at stake here too. His profile carries many comments on his personal habits (deemed disgusting) and his shouting in the diary room. Plus, of course, the usual drivel about how he “plays the disability card” and how this is not to turn into an advantage. To me, the hard thing about being on BB would be the house, which is chaotic, with many people in the same room, much social interaction in groups and a fairly chaotic lay out. It seems (I’ve been looking at the catch up clips) that no one has taken the trouble to familiarize him with the house. People leave things on the floor, something about which Michael complains. So, he’s more helpless than he could or should be. Mario, fellow housemate and Sylvester Stallone look-alike, sort of preys on this, by “helping” Michael, i.e., treating him like an idiot. It’s interesting: not only the “outside” reactions to Michael, as displayed in the comments, but also the fact that inside the house, Michael himself can’t seem to take the matter in hand, although he’s a bit of a moaner which doesn’t get him any sympathy.
It took a while for me to register it, but finally it sank in: Big Brother 9, currently on Channel 4, has a blind housemate, Michael. It appears that Michael is a DJ with radio show Blindsighted, so apart from personal motives, there’s something political at stake here too. His profile carries many comments on [...]
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