Made in Chelsea #9

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micfan said:
I am a minority so I will say this, I understand the annoyance that people have about everything being political. And I don't personally require everything have someone like me represented in order to enjoy it. But I do have a problem with people in general thinking people of my race should almost exist outside of history. To have any representation at all even in fictional/fantasy/historical roles for people of my race seems to get not only a lot of white people irrate but also other races of people.

I do think it is lazy how Hollywood likes to racebend instead of giving creative of other races chances to tell unique stories. Thar would be a good example of true inclusivity having diversity in front and behind the camera.

With Made in Chelsea it is neither here nor there for me. But if they are going to have someone like Paris, at least give her an opportunity for storylines. It is all just surface. Same with Akin. He was just sort of there. Paris barely got a moment to talk about her dating struggles/racism and I don't get the impression that the other girls really interact with or care for her to include her in activities. I notice they don't really engage with her comments on social media like they do with everyone else. So for me, seeing this attempt at diversity just triggers life memories of being excluded the same way or just being treated like the scenery. You're just there so they have "proof" and people will stop the complaining.

As for the political, I think it is also the fact that when people are considered the standard and default in society they won't see things that are political as that. It is interesting to see things people say that are becoming too political not realizing that those things in part have always kind of been political. There is obviously a political and cultural meaning behind why certain groups and genders etc. are often portrayed to reinforce and justify all sorts of things.

But MIC is not the hill I would die on for all this. It is just messy reality TV and escapism. I feel a lot of people want to virtue signal and just say they want diversity of all kinds for internet points. It is the in thing to do.
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Completely agree with you on each of your points. I'm interested to hear people's authentic, lived stories, and about their cultures, rather than the media and Hollywood etc disingenuously jumping on the equality bandwagon and pretending they care about diversity, when really they're just doing it for the brownie points. There's still a lot of shameless tokenism and diversity box-ticking in films and TV shows, including MiC...I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for people seeing this time and time again, and nothing really changing.

You're absolutely right about Paris. I've found myself feeling bad for her and her complete lack of meaningful screentime. She seems to be used for "filler" scenes, to pad things out a bit, rather than being given any meaningful storylines. It's a huge shame as she's got a lot to offer and has way more integrity, self-respect and personality than most of the other cast members combined. I'm so sorry to hear about your personal experiences, and I 100% agree that her presence on the show feels very tokenistic. I also liked Akin back in the old series. He was an interesting bloke (and put his friends' asshole behaviour to shame), but like you say, he was completely under-utilised and more of a "sidekick" cast member.

To address your point about things being "politicised", I may have been using the wrong term there, and completely get where you're coming from. What I was more getting at was that, representation is of course so important, but I don't think Made in Chelsea and what it's become (i.e.very badly-acted tosh filled with vacuous fame-seekers) is the right show for engaging with this debate over. Like you say, it feels like the producers have only ever brought on people of colour as lip service, which is massively disappointing.
 
lululoves said:


Oh dear gawd.
Lily is working her way up from sidekick to a solid fixture this series, with an on-screen relationship. Not the main character energy we asked for.
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Her fella looks pained, like he really doesn't want to be there. She's a very strange girl. Doesn't half fancy herself, judging by her Instagram. That said, I'd still watch her over husky Georgia and her wipe-clean bucket hats.
 

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kittymeowlondon said:
y did hugo and millie not get a spin off following their engagement, wedding, kids etc????
reckon they were ever offered one?
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Because they're lacking in personality lol. I'm not a big fan of Spencer but cant deny he is a big entertaining personality with lots of warmth. Similarly I used to like Ollie Locke and Binkie when they were originally om the show and they both had big, warm, gregarious personalities with lots of humour. My opinion has changed somewhat over the years but just based on their TV charisma I can see how they got spin offs.

The little personality Millie and Hugo ever demonstrated was cold, nasty, stuck up and lacking in humour to my memory. Plus their messy relationship with the cheating and that... hardly a grand love story
 
martineznoze said:
Ha Sean wore it well back then and there's Bez in the background

She looked more like she was wearing a plant pot and it didn't work with her lollipop physique
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I couldn't not hear Happy Mondays' "Step on" when she wore that hat😆. And why was she wearing it at a formal event (an art exhibition, I think it was), the weirdo. "Plant pot" has killed me🤣
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rosieflowers said:
Because they're lacking in personality lol. I'm not a big fan of Spencer but cant deny he is a big entertaining personality with lots of warmth. Similarly I used to like Ollie Locke and Binkie when they were originally om the show and they both had big, warm, gregarious personalities with lots of humour. My opinion has changed somewhat over the years but just based on their TV charisma I can see how they got spin offs.

The little personality Millie and Hugo ever demonstrated was cold, nasty, stuck up and lacking in humour to my memory. Plus their messy relationship with the cheating and that... hardly a grand love story
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Millie is insufferable enough on social media, but mildly less insufferable than Binky and Louise. Spencer will always be a tw4t in my eyes, but you're right, he's got the charisma and staying power for reality TV/similar gigs that none of the other cast do. Same as Jamie, when he's not surgically attached to his annoying fiancée. I can't bring myself to listen to their podcast. Has anyone here listened to it?
 
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Tonight's big takeaways:

- Joel's still too good for Robbie. And Robbie's still a selfish individual doing the "woe is me, I'm too busy for a relationship" b/s. Just end it already and let the man be with someone who deserves him.
- Rez is pretty funny and knows how to take the piss out of himself
- Willow, sweetie, who are you again? You've had all of ten minutes' screentime on Made in Chelsea but are going hard on this Main Character Energy (MCE). Seems adamant about assuming the mantle of wannabe meddling life coach and needs to keep her oar out of other people's business. Also, calm it down with the facial fillers pls👎
- Ruby is a lot more bearable and mature when she's chatting to someone one-on-one and giving advice. Who would have thought it?
- I'm really shipping Inga and Sam (sorry not sorry)
- Random sweaty fella over here calling himself "Temps" and wearing a checked suit. Sorry, who are you?!
- Boy, Lily is really overcompensating for the fact she was pied off the show series ago for being too boring, and now badly scrambling for some of that MCE. The producers must be desperate!
 
Musings30 said:
Tonight's big takeaways:

- Joel's still too good for Robbie. And Robbie's still a selfish individual doing the "woe is me, I'm too busy for a relationship" b/s. Just end it already and let the man be with someone who deserves him.
- Rez is pretty funny and knows how to take the piss out of himself
- Willow, sweetie, who are you again? You've had all of ten minutes' screentime on Made in Chelsea but are going hard on this Main Character Energy (MCE). Seems adamant about assuming the mantle of wannabe meddling life coach and needs to keep her oar out of other people's business. Also, calm it down with the facial fillers pls👎
- Ruby is a lot more bearable and mature when she's chatting to someone one-on-one and giving advice. Who would have thought it?
- I'm really shipping Inga and Sam (sorry not sorry)
- Random sweaty fella over here calling himself "Temps" and wearing a checked suit. Sorry, who are you?!
- Boy, Lily is really overcompensating for the fact she was pied off the show series ago for being too boring, and now badly scrambling for some of that MCE. The producers must be desperate!
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ugh. the temps guy. you only have to look in miles instagram to no this is his bloody pussy boy. best friends apparently.
gym bros
ice bath buddies
ive been waiting for this guy to lag onto the made in chelsea stuff.
hes a pt from portsmouth.started down to earth and is now a complete up himself with miles twit.
used to be quite nice. now is a dick when with miles.
but deff not a chelsea boy haha.
didnt think he woud surcome to it. i really thought there was chance hed stay grounded.god how stupid we are with these people.
 
katesbess said:
ugh. the temps guy. you only have to look in miles instagram to no this is his bloody pussy boy. best friends apparently.
gym bros
ice bath buddies
ive been waiting for this guy to lag onto the made in chelsea stuff.
hes a pt from portsmouth.started down to earth and is now a complete up himself with miles twit.
used to be quite nice. now is a dick when with miles.
but deff not a chelsea boy haha.
didnt think he woud surcome to it. i really thought there was chance hed stay grounded.god how stupid we are with these people.
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The moniker "Temps"/"Temptation" was enough to give me "what an absolute tw4t" vibes. Got the full measure of him there😅 It's a very weird casting choice. I just don't get why he's on Made in Chelsea. What's remotely "Chelsea" about him? I also see he's made a career for himself by cooking in the buff. Pal, you don't have the looks to be that cocky. God knows why these blokes are clamouring to be Miles fanboys. They must be dreadfully insecure.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: please sack these awful casting directors asap. They're tanking the show and turning it into a complete joke.
 
ELFILY said:
I really like Guy! Seems like a normal bloke who genuinely likes Jas/Yas (can’t remember her name haha) we all know she’s going to get the ick and get back into Miles bed. What is it about Miles? I don’t get it.
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I feel bad for the bloke. It sounds like Yasmine wasn't massively into him from the get-go, seeing as she rebuffed him when he first approached her in a club. I think they're poles apart socially and culturally, and there's very little common ground there, despite their best attempts to find some. Their facial expressions alone during that gallery scene where incredibly telling. He looked really insecure throughout, like he feels inferior to her and is punching above his weight. She looked somewhat crestfallen about their lack of compatibility and has already emotionally checked out.
 
Musings30 said:
The moniker "Temps"/"Temptation" was enough to give me "what an absolute tw4t" vibes. Got the full measure of him there😅 It's a very weird casting choice. I just don't get why he's on Made in Chelsea. What's remotely "Chelsea" about him? I also see he's made a career for himself by cooking in the buff. Pal, you don't have the looks to be that cocky. God knows why these blokes are clamouring to be Miles fanboys. They must be dreadfully insecure.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: please sack these awful casting directors asap. They're tanking the show and turning it into a complete joke.
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Its because its miles mate.this shos is all about him.hes such a disgusting showing of a man.how yo treat woman.ugh.why they want to give his behaviour such airtime I don't no.
And your so right about Temps.he does not belong in Chelsea. And he can't act at all! Another pt too.oh bore off.
 
katesbess said:
Its because its miles mate.this shos is all about him.hes such a disgusting showing of a man.how yo treat woman.ugh.why they want to give his behaviour such airtime I don't no.
And your so right about Temps.he does not belong in Chelsea. And he can't act at all! Another pt too.oh bore off.
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Miles AND his pearl necklace, you mean😅He's absolutely revolting, based on what I've heard him say on his podcast, never mind MiC. An incredibly arrogant and sexist bloke who bafflingly doesn't seem to fall out of favour with MiC fans, compared to certain mates of his who also use and treat women like tit. He says he'll be leaving the show this year. I'm sure Emily and Ollie etc will be bowing out as well, just give it a few months.
 
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