A new reality TV programme, "Star Academy," in which female and male Arab teenagers live together for a talent contest is proving a big hit among the young in the Middle East, despite sharp criticism from conservative circles.
...Aired on a 24-hour channel carried on Arabsat, it is a first for the region, where private lives are taboo subjects and sexual segregation remains the norm.
Each week, one of the candidates is voted out following training sessions in singing, acting and dance choreography. article
Now that's the way to take over the world. "Reality" TV. IT will work where all else fails. Corporate sponsors will succeed where American "democracy" fails to win hearts and minds.
Of course, perpetual war is necessary for the war profiteers. So, the real battle on the globe today is between civilian goods producers and military goods producers.
Who will win? Will they have to come to some sort of agreement?
Friday, January 09, 2004
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