... show was a disgrace to French culture. In the United States, where the much more venal Survivor has been a smash, Big Brother proved to be too passive for the audience and flopped. Australia, with a more easygoing spirit, has been titillated and amused by the goings-on - including the definitively banal conversations - in the Gold Coast "house" with little attendant controversy. All the ... ...

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