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Is it just me? X-Factor...

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robindeer · 01/11/2014 22:48

The dancers.

Is it just me who finds semi-nude, writhing women slightly inappropriate on what is supposedly a family show? It's practically required viewing for many pre-teens and teenagers, is it really okay to see women on their backs with their legs apart in front of a group of pubescent boys? Or in denim cut-offs thrusting into a contestant, mouths open, porn-style?

I know I don't have to watch it...

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PanIsNotAButterfly · 02/11/2014 11:04

I know the dancers are very talented and work hard

and they can also do/be those things with most of their clothes on! - as we know the problem isn't with the dancers, is it?

dd likes X-factor, which kinda means I 'like' X-factor, with her. As 'critically-brained' as she is, it doesn't mean non of this stuff doesn't get through on some level.

The same 'family entertainment' stuff is served up on Strictly, albeit in a different way. Having Tess and Clauds as comperes provides no comfort at all.

YonicScrewdriver · 02/11/2014 10:43

I know the dancers are very talented and work hard.

As are the ones in music videos. But I still wish shops where children may go wouldn't show Anaconda at 3pm on a Thursday.

oneofthosenicemuslims2015 · 02/11/2014 09:41

Tbh I think they reel you in with the "family entertainment" but the show lasts til past 9pm so technically they can show all this crap and get away with it.

Pisses me off as I'm not sure how to counter this with DCs but I find it unacceptable that every bloomin routine has to have half naked women with the dodgy expressions. What kind of message does that give?

Only watched the first half last night as was DCs bed time but they will no doubt want to watch the rest later. .

AsAMan · 02/11/2014 08:54

You're not the only one. And they can;t even pretend it's not geared toward children can they? Some of the performers are only 14 aren't they?

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robindeer · 01/11/2014 23:41

If you don't mind puffin, thank you.

I know I should just change the channel but I find myself drawn in by the mindlessness of it (newborn baby related exhaustion?) and then can't look away from the slack-jawed gyrating ladies...

Seriously though. It's not just inappropriate, it's downright bizarre that this is okay for "family entertainment". So pleased I'm not the only one who is sick of seeing arses wobbling into amateur singers for the entertainment of 12yr old girls.

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oneofthosenicemuslims2015 · 01/11/2014 23:10

Thank goodness it's not just me! I am watching with DCs every week like this HmmConfused
Wtf is with the porn faces?! Is this some kind of new fangled dance or do these women have an inability to writhe about without having their mouths hanging open.

PuffinsAreFicticious · 01/11/2014 23:06

I don't watch it, sorry. The whole format is grim and train crash TV. There was a woman on one of the other threads who has worked with/trained some of the dancers who work on X Factor who had some things to say about it. Can't remember which thread, but if you're interested, I could hunt it out for you?

MrsGolightly · 01/11/2014 23:04

Agree entirely - inappropriate and demeaning.

JubJubBirds · 01/11/2014 23:03

'I know I don't have to watch it...'
I think you just solved your own dilemma there Grin

You are right though. Last week was all legs.

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