Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 18 - 24 July 2019 Issue 1776

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EWN 27 June - 3 July 2019 www.euroweeklynews.com FEATURE
LEAPY LEE
SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT
A sign of the times
I TRULY can’t make up my mind whether society
reflects the media, or the media reflects society.
I suppose, when it comes down to it, they’re
all actually in it together. I remember the 50’s,
when BBC radio comprised the Light and Third
programmes and the Home Service.
In those early days, they flatly refused to play
anything with a modern ‘beat,’ and utterly
scorned the new, and to their mind, utterly degenerate
‘Rock n Roll.’ The presenters wore dinner
jackets and tuxes to the studio - even though they
couldn’t be seen. Television was also strictly controlled.
Dress codes were strongly adhered to,
Elvis Presley was only filmed from the waist up,
and even mild swear words were utterly taboo.
After the Epilogue, the National Anthem always
preceded the ‘test’ card which followed at
around midnight. (Many families stood to attention
in their living rooms while God Save the
King rang out!) Was it all a good or a bad thing?
Well I’m sure we all have our own opinions about
that. It was however a fairly accurate reflection of
society as it was during that post war recovery period.
A time when we had absorbed all the violence
we could stomach, and patriotism was paramount
to those who had survived the conflict. Fast forward
to the present day. With the advent of scores
LOVE ISLAND: A reflection of modern society?
of channels and wavelengths - all trying to create
their own money tree - the first thing that goes
completely by the board is any semblance of responsible
or moral obligations.
In fact, in their endeavours to attract more attention,
some of the offerings of today’s media
are almost beyond belief. (‘OAP’s Behaving Badly’
simply pales by comparison!)
I recently heard some radio station play a song
whose lyrics comprised of nothing but the F
word, chanted over and over again. There is a TV
‘dating’ programme that actually presents couples
to each other stark naked. Apparently some male
contestants are picked as possible partners merely
for the size of their manhood! Cilla must be positively
spinning!
Although I have never viewed the Mallorca
show, to me the rules for the highly popular ‘Love
Island’ however, truly do take the whole tin. This
is the ‘contestants’ code’ insisted on by the producers
of a programme that has been voted one of
the most popular reality shows ever.
Rule 1. No masturbating. 2. No total nudity. 3.
No sex while drunk. And, in an almost ludicrous
effort to take the moral and hygienic high ground
- rule four and five informs the contestants that
there is to be ‘no smoking’ on camera and that
‘condoms must be used at all times’!
And if all that doesn’t reflect the attitude and
priorities of our modern society, nothing does.
And finally what a pleasure to watch the Ladies
World Cup. A chance to really enjoy the game of
football; instead of enduring a bunch of posturing,
egotistical prima donnas, more worried about
their hair styles and bank balances than the beautiful
game. Well done England. Last eight at the
time of writing.
Keep the faith.
Love Leapy.
Leapylee2002@gmail.com
Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.