Three levels of manipulation in Bigg Boss - Page 4

Originally posted by: NepaliArtist

So, there are two very obvious, well discussed types of manipulation that happens in the BB house.

1. Manipulating the audience

This is clearly something the show is very unapologetic about. Random cuts and heavily edited promos are released to hype up the episodes. Ridiculous storylines are attempted to spark up, and then abandoned when no material comes out from them. Eg - All Shefali said to Asim was "Why don't you just tell her that you love her?" regarding Himanshi, who bhee so casually she was just pulling Asim's leg like friends do. Plus, Himanshi is a young, pretty girl so makes total sense for Asim to find her attractive and flirt a little, but she has made it clear since day that she is committed already. Then, Bigg Boss cut a promo with a voiceover saying "Bechare Asim! Kab kehpayenge apni dil ki bat?" 🤣 And idiotic reviewers like Maun Punjabi (who HIMSELF was in the show yet is lost about what it works) is saying an hume pata chala ki yeh Asim pyar mein hai iseliye ye sab hua hai.

2. Manipulating the Contestants

This is also a very well-known thing that the show is unapologetic about. Salman even admitted last night that format hee aisa hai, jhagada nahee karogey toh creative team karwayegi. This happens in many obvious ways - like how teams are formed in tasks, which contestants are pitted against each other in tasks like the akhada, that bullshit shower nonsense, etc. This is also done in more subtle ways too. Eg - Salman giving Asim a boost of confidence last week when he was showing some autonomy and potential rebellion from Shukla. Or by BB's choice of words and selective enforcing of the rules (like when the other team lost out on their captaincy because of sleeping while Shukla jee can sleep and be a kamchor all he wants).

Then, yesterday it started hitting me that there is a third level of manipulation happening in the show itself. See, the show has become so popular that they very well know that there are people like us, who like to sit and endlessly dissect not only the contestants and tasks, but the show-runners and editing as well. So, now they are messing with us on that level as well. If anyone here watched/watches pro wrestling (not grappling sport, but WWE type wrestling) then that is super common in that industry. When fans think the company is pushing a certain wrestler too much, or holding back a wrestler too much, then they double down on it to create even more buzz. Any publicity is good publicity. So, that creates the third point:

3. Meta Manipulation

This happens to both contestants and audiences. Example - after Himanshi got trashed by Salman, she was visibly upset and shaken up. Salman (or rather, whoever is in his ear) chose to ignore her, because they knew the caller was coming up. Once the caller trashed her some more, Salman left for a bit. Interestingly, the show CHOSE to show us Himanshi wondering if the caller came from Sana's fanbase. Meanwhile, the girls went to the akhada and Himanshi won, but Salman stayed stoic. After coming back to stage, when contestants couldn't hear him - Salman suddenly switched to a lighter note saying idk if Himanshi is having a good week or bad. Clearly, they are messing with not just her, but how we think she is being treated by the show. Why? Because the Himanshi investment was made for one reason - to start a Sana fight. Planting the caller and trashing her for the push was a great way to get the controversy conversation going. Speaking of the akhada, all that pathetic acting by Salman while he was talking to the showrunners and insisting that the boys go for akhada is another (poor lol) attempt at meta manipulation. They want the show to look REAL, where they don't even edit out the host and production conversation. Salman is now even openly bashing the channel/show for doing things he himself wouldn't do. Further creating a narrative that the show is pushing Shukla and holding back Asim/other victims of his aggressive behavior. Its easy to just make the villian "channel wale/Colors team" because that is a nameless/faceless entity with no image to uphold. So instead of it spreading that Salman is a biased host, the gameplan is now to paint Salman as a helpless employee of an evil company. Next level, mega ch*tiyapa hai doston! 🤣

you have penned it down so brilliantly! 🤗

I also feel that Salmans Dabangg 3 is not generating the hype it was suppose to. Likes on youtube is very low compared to other small budget movies that are lined up. Probably till the release of the film yeh aisa hee natak hone wala hai. This weeks WKW was so disappointing... absolutely no talk/discussion of so many mudda's that happened last week... 😈

I just loved your post and you have uttered the logics here.

I completely agree that channel would have edited when Salman was saying against colors and the show , but they still aired that . Possibly they want to gain more TRP by portraying that even host is tired of channel’s favouritism ! May be they have made the agenda to be biased towards one contestant and by extending the show they want to keep audience wondering who will emerge as the winner.

They have aired Asim-Himanshi angle , even normal conversation. Then highlighted Asim’s conversation after his fight with Paras and portrayed Paras as spoiled brat whereas Asim as the voice of commoner supporting girls. Even the way everyone was discussing how Paras went wrong without editing including his own friends favouring Asim. But ignoring this massive fight on WKV seemed fishy , another agenda to show how the show is biased !!

I hope this will work in favour of Asim as he has a very important contribution to the show and is winning hearts day by day !!

well said👏

and 'manipulating the contestants' mein aur ek add karna hai. apko achha lage ya na lage, sabhi gharwale big boss ki beti aur damad ko har task mein support karna hai, nahi toh gaali khana padega WKV pe.

Originally posted by: NepaliArtist

Yup, I can slowly sense this feeling creeping up on me as well. When they announced the new finale date after the extension, it suddenly hit me that this is going to be a part of my life for another 2.5 months (almost a quarter of the year). Its really exhausting, and it would be so much more watchable if all this blatant manipulation tactics weren't used to tire everybody's brains out.

For example - I searched #BB13 on Twitter, and a majority of the tweets coming are pro-Asim and pro-Rashmi (especially pro-Rashmi since Sid was seen laughing at her in tears today infront of Karthik, Bhumi and Ananya). One way or another - the show is pushing them aside and skyrocketing their popularity. Meanwhile, the show is actively promoting Sid and Sana, and skyrocketing their confidence in the house. Its a sadistic game, and I honestly cannot imagine just how exhausted everybody watching is going to be by mid-February. Housemates ki toh baat hi chhod do, I understand why there have been instances in past seasons of people just wanting to get out.

Thank you, its sad to know you feel the same, but very reassuring to know, nothing is wrong with me/us, I refuse to be manipulated by the show and waste my life analysing it anymore, thank you for pointing its nearly quarter of year at stake, it's proven beyond doubt that the show makers are cheating public calling this a reality show, whilst the truth is it is glorified TV drama with vested interests to promote artist for future projects. Thanks for your time analysing the show and opening my eyes. Have a lovely day and wonderful life.

Originally posted by: NepaliArtist

So, there are two very obvious, well discussed types of manipulation that happens in the BB house.

1. Manipulating the audience

This is clearly something the show is very unapologetic about. Random cuts and heavily edited promos are released to hype up the episodes. Ridiculous storylines are attempted to spark up, and then abandoned when no material comes out from them. Eg - All Shefali said to Asim was "Why don't you just tell her that you love her?" regarding Himanshi, who bhee so casually she was just pulling Asim's leg like friends do. Plus, Himanshi is a young, pretty girl so makes total sense for Asim to find her attractive and flirt a little, but she has made it clear since day that she is committed already. Then, Bigg Boss cut a promo with a voiceover saying "Bechare Asim! Kab kehpayenge apni dil ki bat?" 🤣 And idiotic reviewers like Maun Punjabi (who HIMSELF was in the show yet is lost about what it works) is saying an hume pata chala ki yeh Asim pyar mein hai iseliye ye sab hua hai.

2. Manipulating the Contestants

This is also a very well-known thing that the show is unapologetic about. Salman even admitted last night that format hee aisa hai, jhagada nahee karogey toh creative team karwayegi. This happens in many obvious ways - like how teams are formed in tasks, which contestants are pitted against each other in tasks like the akhada, that bullshit shower nonsense, etc. This is also done in more subtle ways too. Eg - Salman giving Asim a boost of confidence last week when he was showing some autonomy and potential rebellion from Shukla. Or by BB's choice of words and selective enforcing of the rules (like when the other team lost out on their captaincy because of sleeping while Shukla jee can sleep and be a kamchor all he wants).

Then, yesterday it started hitting me that there is a third level of manipulation happening in the show itself. See, the show has become so popular that they very well know that there are people like us, who like to sit and endlessly dissect not only the contestants and tasks, but the show-runners and editing as well. So, now they are messing with us on that level as well. If anyone here watched/watches pro wrestling (not grappling sport, but WWE type wrestling) then that is super common in that industry. When fans think the company is pushing a certain wrestler too much, or holding back a wrestler too much, then they double down on it to create even more buzz. Any publicity is good publicity. So, that creates the third point:

3. Meta Manipulation

This happens to both contestants and audiences. Example - after Himanshi got trashed by Salman, she was visibly upset and shaken up. Salman (or rather, whoever is in his ear) chose to ignore her, because they knew the caller was coming up. Once the caller trashed her some more, Salman left for a bit. Interestingly, the show CHOSE to show us Himanshi wondering if the caller came from Sana's fanbase. Meanwhile, the girls went to the akhada and Himanshi won, but Salman stayed stoic. After coming back to stage, when contestants couldn't hear him - Salman suddenly switched to a lighter note saying idk if Himanshi is having a good week or bad. Clearly, they are messing with not just her, but how we think she is being treated by the show. Why? Because the Himanshi investment was made for one reason - to start a Sana fight. Planting the caller and trashing her for the push was a great way to get the controversy conversation going. Speaking of the akhada, all that pathetic acting by Salman while he was talking to the showrunners and insisting that the boys go for akhada is another (poor lol) attempt at meta manipulation. They want the show to look REAL, where they don't even edit out the host and production conversation. Salman is now even openly bashing the channel/show for doing things he himself wouldn't do. Further creating a narrative that the show is pushing Shukla and holding back Asim/other victims of his aggressive behavior. Its easy to just make the villian "channel wale/Colors team" because that is a nameless/faceless entity with no image to uphold. So instead of it spreading that Salman is a biased host, the gameplan is now to paint Salman as a helpless employee of an evil company. Next level, mega ch*tiyapa hai doston! 🤣

Baap re!!!! Itna to maine socha hi nahi... anyways nicely written..👍🏼

Uh-oh. More meta drama.

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/bigg-boss-13-salman-khan-stopped-midway-creative-team-while-schooling-sidharth-shukla-deets-inside-494076

Now, IF this is shown on TV (Salman bashing Shukla, interrupted, discussion, return, bashing Rashmi/Asim instead) then I think we can all be assured that this entire thing is rigged at all levels and the show is creating a meta-narrative of the bias itself being a part of the storyline.

Really looking forward to the episode tonight!

It'll really clear up the picture!