In spite of the criticism about this series, I've actually quite enjoyed it. I don't think it's that the teachers are patronising so much as that they and the girls are from completely different backgrounds. If they weren't, there would be no tension and therefore no point in the series.
I don't know if the series was inspired by the musical My Fair Lady, but I'm tempted to compare it. The difference here, however, is that the girls can't just switch to ladylike perfection in the space of five minutes because they are real people, taking part in a real experiment. Following that logic, it makes sense, as they're at the school, to put them in situations (parties, holidays etc) that they are used to, in order to assess whether they're putting their new social skills to good use or not.
At university, I often come up against people whose social behaviour would certainly shock the teachers at Eggleston Hall, and sometimes I think that this sort of finishing school experience is exactly the thing some people need. I'm only twenty-two, but sometimes I'm actually shocked by people in my own generation (male and female). I think I might be atypical of girls in my age range, but I've never fitted into the stereotype of the hard-drinking, partying teenager, so I actually wish I could do something like this for myself (for the experience as much as social improvement) and I don't often think that about much that I see on television. I'll definitely be watching the series until the end.
I don't know if the series was inspired by the musical My Fair Lady, but I'm tempted to compare it. The difference here, however, is that the girls can't just switch to ladylike perfection in the space of five minutes because they are real people, taking part in a real experiment. Following that logic, it makes sense, as they're at the school, to put them in situations (parties, holidays etc) that they are used to, in order to assess whether they're putting their new social skills to good use or not.
At university, I often come up against people whose social behaviour would certainly shock the teachers at Eggleston Hall, and sometimes I think that this sort of finishing school experience is exactly the thing some people need. I'm only twenty-two, but sometimes I'm actually shocked by people in my own generation (male and female). I think I might be atypical of girls in my age range, but I've never fitted into the stereotype of the hard-drinking, partying teenager, so I actually wish I could do something like this for myself (for the experience as much as social improvement) and I don't often think that about much that I see on television. I'll definitely be watching the series until the end.
