We heard of Jade Goody because of her instinctive hostility towards Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty on the then little known TV reality show Big Brother.
We heard of Jade Goody because of her instinctive hostility towards Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty on the then little known TV reality show Big Brother.
Today, Goody wants a live shoot of her impending death. Have we not become voyeurs of a kind? We have
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POOR ME: Jade Goody is battling terminal cancer |
entered into bedrooms, bathrooms, boardroomsu00a0 and we are still searching for ways to worm our way into people's lives.
The ones who do not want to watch her last dying moments, which might be to gain sympathy, might just as well change the channel. But as a teacher, I see this as a very disturbing trend. Tomorrow my class will be talking about it graphically, as casually as eating a bag of banana chips.
Renuka Mani
Dadar