Well, that was the most useless half hour of my
life – “The Apprentice” (the American version) was just on, and it was terrible.
Donald Trump (who’s mind lives in the 80s) has surrounded himself with
talking-heads who have one ambition – to kiss his ass thoroughly. Tonight’s
episode was
Advertising
(something close to my worker’s heart) but the premise of the show and the
ridiculous conflict / setups between the characters isn’t were I should lay
blame – it really is Trump’s fault. Ambitious people who are told they have a
chance in life… a Camp-America director once warned me; “American kids are
different, see? They are told – get this – that they
could
be President”. Well, if you’re born Bush… so these poor ‘contestants’ are
boardroom failures, if they are at the top of their profession – as they seem to
proclaim every four minutes – why are they on a TV Show?
This guy Trump – what a loony, and he
re-dubbs his boardroom speeches. Terribly. There are many ways you could re-work
“The Apprentice” but it is a wider problem than just this program- which is
hybrid American OTT / MTV Testosterone-tastic don’t-for-your-mothers-sake-stop
bullshit. TV is really poor – and its because of Talking-Heads, not David Byrne, the
kind Trump loves- people with a thesaurus and “another take on things” the folks
who have a Plan A, B and C – the kind of people who sit on awfully designed
sofas drinking putrid piss-wine out of ridiculous sphere-shaped glasses, usually
people will say these things happen because it’s fashionable. I don’t buy that.
People let stupidity endure because they don’t know what they want. I’m not
talking about life in general, because this is far too simplistic a theory to
spread further than the borders of petty advertising-speculation. People who
think different will inherit the earth, bah- that’s so obvious, right? I mean an
Apple ad
campaign urged you to think
different – and you failed. Yes, you personally! So bite
me.