Why I'm posting about this though is because of the unfairness of last night's episode. I really feel that Channel 9 and the shows producers failed miserably by delivering poorly edited footage that made all the contestants look like arguing, incompetent idiots. The Block is supposedly about renovating!. It is not Big Brother, a show which I choose not to watch!
The Block's site foreman Keith, surely has a duty to assist the contestants with compliance to building codes rather than flexing his ego and belittling them. Rod made two very simple errors and was painted as a person deliberately doing shoddy workmanship. I was appalled at his treatment! (Oh, and Keith doesn't know the Building Code too well himself; Rod could have simply added extra fixings to the Villaboard Sheeting to brace that wall in lieu of the cross bracing!!! I might send a copy of the BCA to him to brush up on!). Katrina and Amie's builder was so completely unprofessional that he totally disgraced himself, upsetting them so unnecessarily! No wonder 'tradies' have bad reputations. But how did it get to that point? The uneven distribution of decent trades persons skews the competition unfairly.
Ultimately the episode made for very uncomfortable and unpleasant viewing!
If it continues in this vein, we will definitely switch it off and I doubt The Block will have a 2012 season. Who on earth would audition to be treated like the current competitors were last night?
To Polly / Waz, Rod / Tania, Katrina / Amie and Jenna / Josh - your integrity and decency coping with these experiences shines through. You have my respect!
KL
oooh, sounds like i missed something! i recorded it and will have to watch when i get home from work...claudia
ReplyDeleteI completely agree!!!
ReplyDeleteAdam and I were sitting on the couch yelling "bracing ply godammit!!"...What a tosser Keith is!
I think to make it fair, they should all be given the tradies for the same amount of time and do the rest themselves.. I mean, it's a renovating show, I thought the whole idea was to do the majority of the work themselves?
I did like the Jamie Durie show that followed that. Did you watch it?
I too won't continue to watch if it continues the way it was last night.
J