It is that time of the year again where Lord Sugar is on our screens in the boardroom, talking down to his candidates and the candidates themselves stabbing each other in the back. Don’t get me wrong, I love settling down on a Wednesday night with a cup of tea to see who the next person to receive Alan Sugar’s wrath will be, but it down mean that I completely agree with the show.
Firstly, it is completely unrealistic. It is very rare that you would see high-end businessmen scooping up horse manure or making fish finger sandwiches. They would hire people to do the manual work, so that they can get on with whatever else businessmen do. Have you ever seen Alan Sugar, recently, strolling into a muddy field to scoop up his latest product with his hands? The answer to that is no. I understand that everyone has got to start from the bottom, but these candidates aren’t at the bottom, they’re starring in a prime time TV show that has 6.4 million viewers with Alan Sugar as their boss. They’re so far from the bottom, they can’t even see it.
The candidates also are very much made for TV. If they actually listened to each other than it is a high possibility that they would
A) Get so much more done
B) Have so many less arguments
In episode 2 where they had to make a shampoo, the girls decided not to listen to the girl who actually OWNED a salon and go with the woman who sells extensions…which don’t need shampoo…
Although, would a TV show where everyone got on and there was no squabbles make good TV? The answer to that, once again, is no.
All in all, whilst watching ‘The Apprentice’ it is important that you don’t look into it too much (which I obviously made the mistake in doing) and just appreciate it as the entertaining program that it is. You keep doing you Lord Sugar.
Lucy 