WRITING SPEECHES

A Speech on  "TV programmes and their influence on our lives"

Dear friends...

Could you please lend me your ears?

Today I am going to speak on "TV programmes and their influence on our lives". Are you all ears? Can I begin?

Television, as you all know, has become a part and parcel of our family nowadays. There are umpteen numbers of channels dishing out a plethora of programs based on NEWS, Sports, Music, Travel, Fashion, Movies, Education, Cookery etc. However, in the evenings people usually prefer to watch their favourite soap operas. I am afraid this is now becoming a kind of addiction. We find it very difficult to miss or skip an episode. Why is it so?

This is because we empathize with the characters in these serials.

And most of the serials are just playing with our feelings and emotions. They tempt us by arousing emotions of sympathy, sadness, anger, pity etc. to engage their audience. In short, the serials have become a kind of opium for the masses. The MNC's sponsoring these emotional melodramas keep showing their product advertisements whenever and wherever they can, laughing all the way to the bank.

The winning formula of a successful potboiler is to show a protagonist who is always innocent looking, unfortunate and miserable and suffering endlessly for no fault of hers. But at the same time, there are many other serials that make the audience laugh, think and help them have a good time. 

But these are often few and far between.

Talking about me, personally, I care two hoots for these silly tearjerkers that can only enthuse the namby pamby ones. Youngsters like me watch TV for movies, musical programs, reality shows and stage shows that gets us glued to the screen.  They are magnificent with spectacular visuals, stunning sound effects and scintillating choreography. The stellar multimedia effects in these programmes make them an enchanting watch.

I conclude my speech by saying that TV programmes are addictive in nature and can make us couch potatoes. The solution is to make our leisure time an opportunity to develop various aspects of our personality that remain passive during the day's work ie., to give an outlet to our creative interests.

Thank you all.

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