People I generally like- Charlie Brooker

An admittedly late post for me, but I have been busy today attending job workshop things and filling out forms. Ho hum. Anyway, I really wanted to write about why I think Charlie Brooker kicks arse!



One reason that Charlie is so brilliant is that he seems so different from other 'professional' reviewers. He's not kissing bum all the time and actually bothers to question them in a way.


Although he does get very angry and annoyed, there is reason to his rants. He wants to hear actual facts when it comes to looking at his opinions. Some reviewers and other commentators in newspapers don't care about this and want to make the biggest noise out of the smallest things.


He also clearly loves what he does. He gets angry because he loves TV and wants it to be good. He knows its potential and what it can be used for, as it has, but is sick of the rubbish with no soul and just aimed to target a fictional audience.


He is almost an every man in terms of his reviewing style. He doesn't proclaim to be some god of reviewing, like the Sun are trying to make their critic look like in their new ads. He just a guy with opinions and actually probably knows the audience better than any critic or TV producer or commissioner. 


I think he's great because of these things.