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Tonight's Familes In Trouble

  • 12-08-2007 11:15pm
    #1
    nachos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭


    Hi, don't know if anyone saw this on RTE1 tonight around 10.30. It was a catching-up episode on 3 families that had been given advice by yer man. For anyone that doesn't know, the series is about this psychologist/therapist guy that visits familes that are dysfunctional, etc and gives them help to get them back on track.

    There was one family in particular where the father was an alcoholic and abusive to the mother and kids and had since died. What irked me was the they had a shot of the whole family standing around the father's grave. Thought it was very tacky, intrusive and exploitative.

    Later on there was a scene where one of the kids was talking about the problems he had with his Dad and seemed to be fairly upset. Again, thought this unnecessary and exploiting the emotional problems of kid of 12/13 so that it makes good TV.

    I've picked up on a few instances of this type of intrusive behaviour before by RTE and was wondering if anyone else had noticed it?


Comments

  • #2
    tampopo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭tampopo


    Yeah I saw this series first time around and then flicked over when he had the three of them in for a cup of tea and a recap near the end, so I didn't bother watching further.

    I know what you mean alright, but maybe it was in context of the problems the young boy was having, giving lip to his ma cos of the missing father figure ...

    Yes, I'm sure it's a fine balance the producers balance up during filming or editing. You probably thought it was too much, I probably didn't, but I see your point of view...


  • #3
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    Well, they're supposed to be in trouble - what do you expect? Personally, I don't get why people would want to have their problems revealed to the nation in this way but the parents featured in the series have given their consent.


  • #4
    toothie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭toothie


    I agree simu, I don't think I would like my problems revealed to the public. This country is just too small for things like that. That family you are talking about Nachos is from an area very near me, and I know that there is a strong possibility that I will bump into them at some stage. Even though I don't know them and they don't know me, I would have this really powerful inside knowledge of them. Imagine if someone were to take advantage of this. It doesn't bear thinking about.
    Anyway, it is a good programme and there are other programmes like it on British channels that don't seem to be as invasive. But, as simu said, the parents gave their consent. And in any case, I think it takes a parent who is really at their wits end to ask for help in this way. If they were to engage the psychologist's services privately, it would cost them a fortune, which they probably don't have in the first place.


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