A local TV show this evening expressed concern about U grads having trouble getting decent jobs after graduation. They had two employers, a fresh grad employee, and two grads without jobs as guests. The fresh grad employee was well dressed, tidy outlook, humble, articulate, and well mannered.
When the show host asked the employers what they think the problem was with the two unemployed guests after he had let the unemployed told their sides of their stories, the first employer immediately pointed out what my first impression was on those two unemployed grads - attitude.
You see, the first unemployed guest, although dressed with a tie and jacket, he sat with his legs crossed and even more laid back in the chair than the employers did, and spoke with a most arrogant tone and body language. The other unemployed dressed and spoke like a dude, and sat with his legs as wide open as the chair allowed him.
I’m sor’ dudes, but these kinda ‘tudes just ain’t gonna gettu nowhere. D’unowhaImin?
The show you watched was once again, a complete waste of time. It was probably the producers’ intention that these unemployed young men are mocked till they drop, for the viewers’ pleasure. One could say that it illustrated the importance of the right attitude, but man, tell us something we don’t know. The sample population of two is just too insignificant to be useful. The producers’ could well bring up two most plain-looking young unemployed persons, and declare that the look is very important to one’s success and survival.
Not all TV shows are useless. I rather enjoyed watching seals, big squids and sperm whales the other day.
I know, that’s why I only watched the opening of that show and switched channel.
Speaking of better TV shows, the latest TVB annual soap opera about airplane pilots is by far the best ever from the station.
Although it might be somewhat utopian where all relationships between the characters always ended up problem solved and joyful so far into the show, it leaves one, or at least myself, feeling good about life in general. There are just too many quarrels, misunderstandings, and hatred among everyone in everyday real life and not enough people bother to makeup their differences to a point where it is almost getting sickening.
The show shows how people should communicate and resolve their differences and misunderstandings with emphasis on friendship, brotherhood, fatherhood, motherhood, and Plutonic love, and relatively less on their usual loads of men and women sexual kinda love.
Actors’ and actresses’ performance are also above par. Although once again like you said, the producers might also be trying to convey the importance of one’s image where all young characters looking sharp and tidy and most importantly spoke without lazy tone of words, I think there is just not enough shows on TV or movies like this to remind us how to be a fine person in gerneral instead of being sleazy looking mobster heros.
I got to watch bits of that Sei-Kwan Master a couple of times. The only impression I got was, the screenwriter was far less intelligent than the average watchers. I had to leave in disgust. Shows such as these make the viewers dumb.
Oh, that one is your regular TVB formula soap. Despite the high ratings and outstanding performance of the two veteran main actor Mr. Lau and actress Miss Chiu, the plot and story is just for aunties and too formula like leaving it not worth mentioning. Which goes to show even with a popular demand doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good product.