Was Dave and Amanda first U.S. BB to have sex?
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TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1: Was Dave and Amanda first U.S. BB to have sex?
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Sia

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In my opinion, what was shown of Amanda and Dave's sexual intercourse on CBS was way too graphic for prime-time television. I have a 6 1/2-year-old and a 4 1/2-year-old and they are never in bed before 9:00 p.m. That "romp" under the covers was not something I wanted my kids to see, as it left nothing to the imagination. Whether it was sex or just simulated sex, it was too graphic, period!! Luckily, my kids were watching a kid-movie in my son's room when that episode aired and they didn't see it.

Luvtrash

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 12:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bohawkins , I like the way you talk!

Sunshyne4u

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 01:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Showing as much as they did on TV was shocking!! I still think that it was faked. Dave and Amanda's encounter seemed a little "rushed" considering her recently departed ex and her impending eviction. Producers needed something to pump up ratings.......SEX usually does that.

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Considering that house and how people can hear each other's conversations down the halls, I would presume that a long period of grunting and moans would have been obvious to anyone in the house what was going on in that bedroom. (Either that or the whole incident was only like a few minutes...could be, eh? Some guys are fast ;-))

Keiffer

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunshyne49 the rating point you bring up is exactly what I am talking about. This action created no buzz at all. No stories on other shows like ET or even E which airs anything. No commercial lead ins by the producers of BB. It seemed to me that they almost wanted to race past it. They wanted to acknowldege something happened, but didnt really want to make a big deal of it.

BTW, I do find it interesting how people see things and can come accross with such different points of view. I mean how some people think they didnt show much on the show, and some think that there kids would have been scared had they seen it just shows how different people's perceptions of the same event can be so different.

Cinder

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 06:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunshyne4u- the growing relationship between David and Amanda was never shown on TV- but it did grow- over a 2-3 day period- which in the BB house is 72 hours (intense compared to real life) Someone on Joker's captured 8 minutes of the encounter and it certainly did not appear fake.

As far as CBS not spending much time on it- I think that is was possibly because the story was over- Amanda left.

Philamom

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the timing of the "incident" had a lot to do with why CBS didn't promote it or do any commercial teasers about it. Dave and Amanda's get-together happened in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (the same day that Amanda was evicted). That left CBS with very little time to do any promotion. I'm sure they were scrambling as it was to edit the footage to get something on Wednesday night's show about their "experience."

Rainwoman

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 01:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I personally am disgusted that David and Amanda's sex scene was shown on tv. I watch this show with my child, because it's our favorite show to watch together, but sitting there with an 11 year old and not knowing what was going to be seen was VERY uncomfortable, and inapproperate! I knew where it was leading to right away and had the sense to talk about something else with my child. I think all that "under the covers" bullcrap shouldn't be shown on tv!

NOTE: Hey Big Brother and CBS! If you want people to see that crap and make money at the same time..... tell people to buy the LIVE FEEDS to watch that crap! Watch your money grow!

Crossfire

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 01:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How to answer this? Hmmm.

It's hard to talk about parental issues without getting people really angry, and that is not at all my intention. I do understand you have a bit of a sticky position.

Having said that. :) What was shown was pretty uncontroversial by the standards of my house. BB has a bit of a history of showing what would be considered questionable material for children's eyes in some/most homes. I don't really want all my TV especially reality TV filtered on account that children will be watching if only because I am not a child, and don't watch the program with any.

Given that potential and history for BB to spring everything from foul language to adult situations at any time, I think it might be in your best interest to tape the programs, and prescreen them before you watch them with sensitive eyes.

Cliotheleo

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 02:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Showing Dave and Amanda on the verge or having sex, whatever isn't a whole lot worse to me than showing some HGs disrespecting another because they're an immigrant.

Call me weird but I don't have a lot of tolerance for INTOLERANCE.

Crazydog

Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 07:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Didn't that show have a "TV-14" rating? Isn't the whole purpose of that rating system to warn parents that there might be sexual situations? I don't see anything wrong with showing that scene on TV.

Personally I think if you are a parent and are sensitive to having your kids see this kind of stuff, then they should not be watching Big Brother. At its very core, it is a show that is based in certain part on lying to, manipulating and deceiving your housemates. These are not exactly values that I would want to instill upon my child.

I agree with you Crossfire. I am not a child and I don't feel that all TV should be edited to please parents with children who may be watching. It is up to the parent to monitor what their children watch. It is not up to the networks to ensure that no parents get offended.