It did not live up. What a shocking marketing campaign by seven. There is nothing wrong with the word trans. The only thing wrong is seven claiming there is something wrong with the word trans.
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That seems to be the way most people are reacting to it all.
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And so they should. How would transgender people feel? Their way of life is tabboo? Absolutely shocking by 7. They should be ashamed and issue an apology quick smart.
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I thought tranny was offensive never heard it called âtransâ ⌠trans makes me think of transfat.
To me the word was not said in an offensive way, it was taken in an offensive way. Which is the way the promo was set out - what word caused all the trouble.
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Yet this is a cooking show and we are talking about drama and offensive comments. MKR had itâs day years ago. If this is what they are promoting then they must be getting desperate.
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As I said, if they lived up their promotion to focus on real food and real people then they would be fine. Nowadays itâs worse off than ever before.
And yet⌠MAFS, the show which is blitzing them in the ratings, is only about drama and offensive comments. How do you explain that?
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So let it be. MAFS can be terrible TV, Seven needs to win viewers back through genuine TV. Masterchef was hit by hard waves for many years but once they returned to its roots itâs now a ratings winner.
Watched a bit of MKR last night was like watching a train wreck. Itâs so bad that itâs hilarious.
So you want to let MAFS be but attack MKR for the exactly the same thing. 
I think MKR is a different beast to Masterchef though. It hasnât just been about the food but also the dinner parties and interactions.
Even when the food is brilliant like last week when a team scored 10s for all their meals, the ratings were not as strong as the âcontroversialâ episodes.
Although, I agree that MKR has shifted too far towards the controversial contestants, you have to look at MAFS and see that viewers ate not turned off by that.
You have to consider that every show has its day and MKR has had a very successful run. Its best days are probably behind it because it has just been overtaken by MAFS right now. Itâs still competitive enough to keep going and maybe Seven need to tweak it again to keep the interest there or rebuild.
Long term, MAFS will fade too. For MKR, it will probably do better when MAFS ends and it currently provides good enough competition for it to remain where it is for a few more years.
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Maybe this. More fast-paced, quicker episodes would make the show slightly more bearable.
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I donât really care about the bitch fights. Its when the publicity department do things like they did last week. Or when the producers kind of force reactions from certain contestants. This season did promise to be about all the food. So far the only promotions I have seen is for controversial contestants, C words and forbidden words.
As for Married I cannot comment on it as I do not watch it. I do/did watch MKR but I have felt fooled by the producers and publicity department at 7. I also feel offended by the last stunt.
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Thatâs my problem with the show. Be genuine with the audience and let whatever will be will be in the dinner parties rather than the over-rehearsed claptraps nowadays.
MAFS can continue to be terrible TV, but if Seven wants to thrive they need to be different. Probably better for their âfamily friendlyâ focus anyway.
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Not the first time and it probably wonât be the last. Remember last year when Ten did the same thing with a contestant who confessed she had a same sex relationship in the past and made it look like it was a terrible secret. I think this is the second time they did with gay relationships in that show.
Did you stop watching that show too?
I didnât really watch The Bachelor last year to be honest. I watched the first episode and the finale and that was it.
And you are right it wasnât the first and wonât be the last. Doesnât mean I have to like it. I also didnât like that stunt on The Bachelor. It definitely didnât get me watching the show after I heard what had happened.
And in the defence of 10 at least they were showing forward thinking in casting a diverse female. 7 are only showing how backwards their thinking is by saying trans is a tabboo word.
Of course not. If anything good can come out of these experiences though itâs that it starts a conversation about these topics and opens peopleâs eyes to what is considered appropriate or inappropriate.
This year they also have an immature contestant on the show who is making fun of other peopleâs accents and therefore the fact that they are immigrants. He went as far as to say that he thought the Columbian lady and Lebanese man where a male order bride and the gay equivalent.
I found that to be just as abhorent. Where was the outrage about that?
Has there not been any outrage? You are right I am probably more outraged about something because it has an affect on a community I am proud to be apart of and friends who are living with that. I havenât spoken about that specifically. But you are right it is insensitive and innappropriate. But I think this is the problem with 7. They donât help the issues when it comes to accepting minorities. They have an older audience who are notorious for discriminating against minorities and they donât help to educate that audience that their behaviour can be totally unacceptable.
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The fact is, we have people in our society who still say these horrible things and itâs not just the oldies. If I was upset at the things I hear in my workplace or even in my own family, I would be having a mental breakdown every week.
Often you feel like itâs your job to step in and correct misinformation or ignorance but sometimes you realise that some people wonât or canât change. No matter how hard you try.
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You are right. But I donât have to continue to watch a show that make me feel like
Really? Thatâs evident? And whatâs the excuse for Nine and Ten who do exactly the same?
How are they any better with MAFS, Love Island, The Block, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in ParadiseâŚ
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