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Fifty Shades of Grey and other Irish media-overhyped films

  • 24-10-2016 2:20pm
    #1
    BuilderPlumber
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    With a sequel to last year's Fifty Shades of Grey coming out soon, I am reminded of all the Irish media hype surrounding the release of this film last year. This gets me to think ... Why are the media always hyping up poor quality films especially these Shades of Grey ones? No doubt, we will be bombarded with this sequel in the coming months and it will be promoted everywhere.

    It seems that Tubridy was such a big fan of this film that he installed a special edition of his Friday show for Valentine's to get every divorcee or two timer in the country to live out their Christian Grey fantasies. This edition of this show was continued this year too and no doubt Tubridy will be plugging the Grey sequel next year on yet another airhead vacuous Valentine's special.

    Contrary to what Tubridy and co want us to think, the Fifty Shades of Grey film is universally panned and is considered to be one of the worst films of 2015. But why do we have to have this poor fare promoted? Why aren't good films promoted by the Irish media/TV to the same extent?

    Fifty Shades of Grey is a film that is many things none of which is good. It is sleazy, it is offensive to some, it is very one dimensional but above all it is extremely boring.


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  • #2
    Mickeroo
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    The hype and coverage was because the books were massive best sellers and it wasn't confined to Ireland at all. Being critically panned doesn't mean anything, so were the books but they were hugely popular regardless. The reason Tubridy & Co plug them is because there would be a large overlap between target audiences.


  • #3
    ThisRegard
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    It's not peculiar to Irish media, it's worldwide media, and it's PR companies doing exactly what they're supposed to.


  • #4
    Sad Professor
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    I always assumed the book/film was particularly popular here was because of our cultural prudishness about sex.


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
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    That's not really a genuine question, Fifty Shades of Grey was a worldwide phenomenon and the film was an enormous commercial success, whatever about the critics. Of course the media gave it massive coverage, both here and in every other country in the world.

    The media don't hype up poor films. They hype up popular films, which just so happens to be entirely not synonymous with good films.


  • #6
    S.M.B.
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    This isn't even an example of media hype. It's an example of a commercial entity latching onto a cultural phenomenon for its own benefit.


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