However they also know that a large portion of their readership are retired lower middle class slightly bored men who have a bit too much time on their hands as well. So they have to get around the double standard of being both morally outraged at these brazen hussys baring their bums (and nice ones they are too. Sorry getting off track there) and bappage on a pre watershed show, but at the same time do a double paged splash of totty for the boys without calling it page 3 stuff. So we get this hilarious "warning" accompanying the pictures about why they were obliged to print them which highlights the Mails hilarious hypocrisy and the often fine line between disapproval and titillation there is around this sort of thing.
"WE APOLOGISE TO READERS BUT YOU HAVE TO SEE THESE PICTURES TO UNDERSTAND THE FURY THEY'VE STIRRED."
Superb!
It's obvious that just writing "Some people were upset that half a dozen young nubile women with not very much on bent over some chairs, and performed suggestive poses on a pre - watershed programme" would never be sufficient to describe what happened. That only by showing the photos could a retired prison officer from Formby work up enough moral outrage to go in the back room and let off steam by having a w.... er... no I mean by writing a strongly worded letter to Simon Cowell.
Probably best to leave it there!! "Have to see these pictures" my arse. Or Christinas or Rihannas.
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