dune Posted 5 February, 2012 Posted 5 February, 2012 A fascinating series, but I can't get my head round why the tv crew or the person who's featuring can't bung them a few quid. Take tonights episode where the little girl has malaria - if I was him i'd give 50p or whatever it cost out there and get her into a hospital. It's almost like they're filming a nature documentary and the natives are the animals. In Rhodesia before 1980 all the people were provided with schooling and medical care, but since then we've gone backwards in our attitudes towards helping those less fortunate. The Western powers have allowed poor governance into these countries and these programmes are perfect illustration of what has happened because of our abadonment of these poor people.
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 5 February, 2012 Posted 5 February, 2012 Charity starts at home. What is the matter with you you disgusting excuse for a right-wing fanatic?!
dune Posted 5 February, 2012 Author Posted 5 February, 2012 Charity starts at home. What is the matter with you you disgusting excuse for a right-wing fanatic?! *note how the left start hurling insults when their eastern block ideologies provide no answers*
Dimond Geezer Posted 6 February, 2012 Posted 6 February, 2012 I'm not sure why we need a Rhodesia reference in every thread. The bin man who went to Jakarta left the family a load of stuff, like gloves & work clothes & supposedly got the local binmen a pay rise, so I think they are helping out the locals to a certain extent.
Dog Posted 6 February, 2012 Posted 6 February, 2012 The fisherman tonight was a ******, very boring & such a ponce. And the fact that he was wearing an Omega Seamaster in a country like that deserved him a short sleeve.
badgerx16 Posted 6 February, 2012 Posted 6 February, 2012 How do you know that behind the scenes they didn't do something for her ? At the end of the program he replaced all the tackle they had lost to the trawlers, so he did something for them.
Verbal Posted 6 February, 2012 Posted 6 February, 2012 It's customary - and highly likely in this case - for production companies to agree what's called a 'facility fee' for the people being filmed. I've filmed in SL myself, and that's exactly what we did - which is a bit awkward because you need a suitcase the carry around the huge bundles of local currency worth about $50.
dune Posted 6 February, 2012 Author Posted 6 February, 2012 The fisherman tonight was a ******, very boring & such a ponce. And the fact that he was wearing an Omega Seamaster in a country like that deserved him a short sleeve. Yeah i thought he was a c/nt the way he was pulling faces at the woman with the fly infested food and his general demeanour. These are poor people and he was rude.
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 6 February, 2012 Posted 6 February, 2012 The first series was just as good. A casualty nurse swapped the (not very) mean streets of Cardiff to briefly experience the bloody consequences of Guatemala City's horrendous drug war - a proper eye opener that. But perhaps the strongest episode was when a London Bus driver went to drive a old 'Jeepney' in Manila ...... when you are reminded of what real grinding 3rd world poverty is, it does tend to put our mundane daily struggles into some sort of perspective. A worthwhile programme.
Monk Posted 6 February, 2012 Posted 6 February, 2012 The binman was a top bloke. (never thought I would be making a statement like that)
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