Surviving
British hit show Keeping Up Appearances: that’s the subject of discussion here. Click on the link and vent your feelings!
Another very good question you must have asked yourself if you’ve seen this show: could you survive in Richard’s shoes?
It’s an interesting point, why do we like to watch poor Richard’s misfortune when we wouldn’t last five minutes in his shoes? And do we shout at him to leave that house, or do we beg him to stay for another few series? If you answered with the word ‘leave’ then are you really being honest abiout how much you adore this show?
I suppose for a certain faction of the strange-holded, under-the-thumb husband generation, Richard is the punch-bag who makes the journey somehow more bearable. For everyone else it’s just good to see what trouble he’ll get into next, and how his (demented) wife will react.
So why is it that we love to watch people have such horrible life experiences? My guess would be that it makes us, subconsciously, think how lucky we are. After we’ve finished viewing it we go back to our lives—whether we are husbands or wives or not—and count ourselves as blessed with happiness.
And there’s another thing; something I only just recently learned. A friend of mine who is newly married told me that actually, Keeping Up Appearances is a crucial visual training manual for what not to do when you get married—I don’t know why I didn’t think of that before; I mean, being a husband has pretty much always entailed the same kinds of thing, has it not? I’ll definitely be keeping a few copies of this show on me at all times, just in case I need to learn his lessons.
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