Monday, 24 January 2011

Guilty Pleasure of the Week!!

I am still stuck in the flat, haven't left here since last Wednesday when I was in hospital. Unfortunately I have exhausted all the desirable box sets I have been meaning to watch or re-watch and now I am stuck with what is on TV or On-Demand (i love this feature!!! best invention of the noughties by far!). This morning I made a hilarious discovery, something I am completely embarrassed to admit to anyone.....


BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDING... currently broadcasting on chanel 4 every Tuesday evening at 9pm. It is utter cringe-worthy trash that follows the gypsy culture of the UK in a documentary fashion, showing us their high moral code and a dress sense that would have made Anna Nicole Smith comparable to Kate Middleton. I love it!!!! well almost....


It would be one of the better TV shows around if it didn't premote a girls purpose as a homemaker and more horrifically the method of courtship between these high moralled travellers as nothing less than sexual assult! In each episode they follow the two most important days in a girls life their wedding day and their first communion. Now the wedding days are a little tragic, it is everything a girl dreams of but on steriods with a massive side of meringue.

But the most hilarious part is the first communion......


I have nothing against a culture expressing their religious views and I think the basic morals of how these kids are raised are relatively good in comparison to some. But look at this little girl, she is seven years old and wearing a pink net dress that weighs twice as much as she does!!! We all dream of having a princess dress when we are little but is this going a little too far??

Even though I have these views I am still going to be catching up with this program on a regular basis!!!

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