The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians (Xenophobe's Guides) by Martin Solly

Author:Martin Solly [Solly, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908120618
Publisher: Oval Projects
Published: 2008-07-24T23:00:00+00:00

Most home-grown productions are variety shows which cater for so-called ‘family viewing’ and as Italian children are usually still up and about at 10.30 p.m., they tend to go on interminably all evening, offering the same basic ingredients of quizzes, games and competitions interspersed with song and dance routines and advertisements. The first Italian Big Brother (Grande Fratello) was enormously successful, the third and fourth less so, as the novelty wore off. Other highly successful programmes include the various talk shows in which ordinary people air their personal problems, which are then discussed at length. The problems tend to focus on the national obsessions of love and betrayal, food and football, health and security; and the more heated the debate, the higher the audience ratings seem to rise.

The alternatives for family viewing are dubbed Walt Disney imports and wildlife documentaries. Despite being great Europeans, when it comes to light music the Italians prefer the home-grown variety. Not only does Italy not send a team to the Eurovision Song Contest, but the great majority of Italians have never even heard of it. They prefer their own Italian song contest, which is held in the city of San Remo on the Riviera every February. It lasts a whole week and draws huge television audiences.

“Despite being great Europeans, when it comes to light music the Italians prefer the home-grown variety.”

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