A Gothic Debate
Last night I went to the Chester Debating Society - one of the 'fringe' events at the Chester Literature Festival. The motion, proposed by Helen Jennings (right) and opposed by Die Booth (left) was 'This house believes that Twilight has brainwashed a generation.'
Interestingly, the majority of the audience had not heard of the Twilight Series, which is perhaps an indication of the effectiveness of the different networks at reaching their target audiences. It was good humoured and entertaining. The general consensus was that everyone learnt a lot - especially about sparkly vampires.
Interestingly, the majority of the audience had not heard of the Twilight Series, which is perhaps an indication of the effectiveness of the different networks at reaching their target audiences. It was good humoured and entertaining. The general consensus was that everyone learnt a lot - especially about sparkly vampires.
posted by Clare Dudman at 8:22 am
3 Comments:
Thanks for coming! And yep - it did show how limited media reach actually is, I wasn't surprised nobody had read it, but was very surprised that so few had heard of it!
I watched the first Twilight film - it was when they started to sparkle that I lost it - I spent the rest of the film whining 'that's not how vampires work'!
Additionally what a deliciously gothic name Die Booth has! Carnival of Horrors indeed!
My pleasure, Die! I honestly did enjoy it. I was surprised that people hadn't heard of it too. I suppose it depends on the circles people move in.
Heh, hehabout the sparkles, Jem. And I agree about Die's name :-)
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