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The BBC et al are pushing this regional accents trend also, and I could manage (e.g.) Stacey Dooley's grating estuary English but for the fact she is apparently
by growlist 8y ago
The BBC et al are pushing this regional accents trend also, and I could manage (e.g.) Stacey Dooley's grating estuary English but for the fact she is apparently incapable of coming up with a single thought that isn't utterly anodyne and predictable. Must the two go together? Contrast her with Maggie Aderin-Pocock from The Sky at Night which I'll be settling down to watch later; the latter happens to tick all the right virtue signalling boxes, but also importantly has a massive brain and is accomplished, deeply knowledgable and interesting to watch. More presenters like the latter please.
- alimw 8y agoIt's amazing that to replace Patrick Moore they found a black female version of Patrick Moore :)
- ppod 8y agoStacey Dooley is like Louis Theroux. You put a bumbling nonthreatening type in there and nobody really suspects them or pushes back against them; you see people in the situation with their guard down, you don't necessarily need insights from the presenter.
- growlist 8y agoNot sure that comparison works very well at all! > you don't necessarily need insights from the presenter LT's measured style included subtle but incisive insights is key to his appeal as a broadcaster, whereas SD's style is virtually nonexistent, moronic, execrable..