PRODUCERS AND PRESENTERS OF STATE TELEVISIONS GO IMMORAL IN CHAT PROGRAMS – By Sunil Thenabadu
The writer’s main rationale is to bring to the attention of the related authorities of television channels the deplorable manner they conduct in many ‘Chat’ programs with the invited artistes. This trendy program had originated some years ago is telecast uninterrupted with the noble intention of being a catalyst in identifying and nurturing aspiring talents to gain recognition in their respective fields of art expertise.
Sri Lanka has an abundance of TV channels each vying for customer loyalty and is fiercely competitive in airing programmes that evoke to sustain and draw viewer passion. One of the programmes that demonstrate much interest are the ‘Chat’ programs which was primarily anticipate harnessing the talents of very promising artistes.
The manner the ‘Chat’ programs are conducted now is deplorable it could hardly be considered “a talent pursuit’ in a misnomer as producers are constantly recycle the same artistes while there are many are deprived to participate not considered to be invited. Of course there are some senior artistes who refuse to accept invitations owing the manner the presenter conducts sans any valuable issues debated. In many programs the presenter believes in getting the invites to yell and laugh with pity jokes constantly which makes audiences stunned. Hardly any useful information are conveyed to the audiences. Once the so called ‘Chat’ convenor who usually invites only young female artistes questioned the seven artistes present ‘what food each like to consume?’. Silly question indeed by the so-called the person who believes who originated the ‘Chat’ culture. For the audiences to be educated there are no proper substances in these ‘Chat’ programs.
With the stubborn pursuance of a biased and discriminatory inviting process by the producers via hardly any talent search are now identified and encouraged. In effect it is purely the recycling of existing talents at regular interval who are already raised to the pinnacle in their respective fields of art. When one channel invites it is observed that the same artistes are invited by other television channels may be for convenience. In this manner so many others are not given the opportunity.
In this obvious backdrop the writer proposes to the producer to have an open invitation process where the talented artistes vying to become celebrities would be afforded the opportunity to express their willingness to be present to express their abilities instead of recycling the renowned artistes who do not need a preface. If this popular program is to continue discovering new talent, selections should be the objective. It is a pity that the present invitation practice does not ensure that
