T.W.
Friday 26th March 2010 10:51pm [Edited]
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For reasons I won't go into (other than the fact I'm likely a closet homosexual) I ended up watching Over The Rainbow on BBC One tonight. First of all, possibly the most camp title sequence in the history of television...
Secondly though (and most importantly) was the way they culled the 54 "Dorothys" down to only 20 during their stay at the 'Dorothy Farm' (yep, that's what they called it)...
They lined the girls up in rows in a room and made them continue to sing 'Over The Rainbow' whilst Charlotte Church went amongst them and, upon her touch, they were one-by-one eliminated. You've got to admire the sadism of the producers to think that this was the most sensitive way to extinguish the young hopefuls' dreams.
The whole sequence was (intentionally?) staged so that it reminded one of the scene in Schindler's List where Nazi camp commander Amon Goeth goes amongst the rows of obediently lined-up prisoners, randomly shooting them in the head.
In conclusion, I predict yet another massive hit for the BBC.