This years X Factor has lost the plot by mixing up audition footage from different cities. Plus,David Thewlis gave us a nuanced detective classic, Gogglebox had a vintage return and This Is England ’90 might be the modern ShamelessCall off the dogs. End the hunt. I maintain finally realised why I feel awkward and a bit numb while watching The X Factor (Saturday, and Sunday,ITV1). It’s because there’s no order to the episodes. All the footage is culled from all the audition rounds in one depart and then sprinkled randomly across the weeks as we wait for the live shows to start. There’s no reason why this weekend’s programme couldn’t maintain been aired last weekend or couldn’t be aired next weekend. There’s just no point to any of it. Other than this: “Here are some people who auditioned and who did or didn’t depart through to boot camp. It’s lazy. There’s no narrative. Why should we be invested? It used to be that the audition process allowed some kind of rivalry or camaraderie to build up between the judges (other than bonding over their handbag dogs). Or we would at least collect a feel for the length of the audition process (“this week we’re in Manchester”) and a sense that time was running out for the contestants (“if you failed in Manchester, you could still try in London”). Now it’s just filling airtime. Come on, or Uncle Simon,rush up and start the live shows before too many of us lose the will to live…Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com