I blubbed:
It would have been a bit awkward if it had turned out she wasn't very good but she is.
Can you watch this without getting emotional?
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Can you watch this without getting emotional?
Bugger off.
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Re: Can you watch this without getting emotional?
Rorschach wrote:I blubbed:
It would have been a bit awkward if it had turned out she wasn't very good but she is.
Yes. Very moving but also very good
I would have voted for her whether she had cancer or not.
She didn't need sympathy - she can pat herself on the back
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Re: Can you watch this without getting emotional?
Of course I know that these shows are totally staged and ultimately fake.
The intent in this case being to convince all and sundry that the abominable Simon Cowbell is a real human with a heart after all.
But I cried - of course I cried!
The intent in this case being to convince all and sundry that the abominable Simon Cowbell is a real human with a heart after all.
But I cried - of course I cried!
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Re: Can you watch this without getting emotional?
Neige wrote:Of course I know that these shows are totally staged and ultimately fake.
Yes, totally staged but not totally fake.
Of course Cowell knows that any tear jerker is going to draw in the audience - it is a ploy that contestants increasingly use. But Cowell's team seeks these people out because they increase viewing figures.
Why not totally fake? Well, I would be amazed if this women said she had cancer and didn't and, just as significantly, said she had a 2% chance of survival if that wasn't true
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Lord Rother wrote:And there was me thinking you'd say "Fair enough, you have a point Bob".
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Re: Can you watch this without getting emotional?
C wrote: 2% chance of survival
Now that interpretation is open to debate...
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Lord Rother wrote:And there was me thinking you'd say "Fair enough, you have a point Bob".