Pantherboy Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Article in the Daily Telegraph today: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/it-seems-summer-bays-water-supply-has-been-spiked-with-viagra/news-story/83ce0a222cc5ecc28c41e9b9d7f246e4 It seems Summer Bay’s water supply has been spiked with viagra Stone the flamin’ crows — what’s gotten into the water at Summer Bay? Sex in hospital elevators, sex in a mechanic workshop, throw-her-down-on-the-bed sex in hotel rooms... Sex, sex, sex. When did a PG show targeted at families in the 7pm timeslot get so raunchy? Home and Away has become enough to make a grown woman blush. It’s been quite a dramatic year in the sleepy beachside town. Just as we were getting over Phoebe’s tragic miscarriage (made worse by the fact she wasn’t sure if Kyle or Ash was the father of her unborn twins), we lived through the emotional roller coaster of schoolgirl Olivia’s unwanted pregnancy followed by an abortion, only to then discover Billie is pregnant after being raped while working at the gym. If that wasn’t distressing enough, she then convinced poor love-struck schoolboy VJ that the baby is his after she seduced him in a desperate bid to find a baby daddy. The town’s cop Katarina is even in on the act — having rough and rip your clothes off sex with bad boy Ash anywhere and everywhere they can — the local caravan park, his workplace, a hotel room... And when the pair are blackmailed after raunchy pictures of Kat and Ash emerge showing Kat in her police uniform minus her top — she convinces Ash to break into a house, where he threatens a woman before deleting the offending images from a laptop before her colleagues arrive to collect it as evidence. Throw in Evelyn who turned to sex with Mason to get over the untimely deaths of her brother and aunt, and you’d think someone had spiked the town’s water supply with Viagra. But it’s not all sex. There has also been murder, drug dealing, rape, car rebirthing, kidnappings and mental breakdowns And here I was thinking Home and Away would lose its edge when the Braxton brothers left town. One colleague said he found it uncomfortable watching with his young daughter, while another friend said she has now banned her children from watch the show because of the risqué storylines. But Home and Away is no stranger to breaching broadcasting rules with controversial material. Since 2008 the show has been reclassified to PG after Martha, another policewoman, did pole dancing and had sex on a kitchen table. It’s a sad state of affairs when simple, wholesome storylines like Milko, Sally’s imaginary friend (who turned out to be her real brother), get replaced with sex, all while we’re trying to eat our dinner. Credit to the show’s writers though, as it seems viewers can’t get enough of the hotted-up Home and Away. More than one million viewers on average tune in each night — the number even higher when live-streaming, recorded viewing and online downloads are added. And while some families are switching off, I won’t be. I know I for one will be rushing home tonight for the latest instalment including Billie’s early labour and whether Matt and Evelyn finally get it on after weeks of teasing viewers. Sex, it seems, clearly sells. Lillian Saleh is day editor for The Sunday Telegraph and a die-hard Home and Away fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 *Straight white sex sells, apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaxland 89 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Where's Celia and the ladies auxiliary when you need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrietjames Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Martha was never a policewoman - unless she "danced" as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, harrietjames said: Martha was never a policewoman - unless she "danced" as one. I really hated that storyline but i can't remember and now i've got to look this up It looks more like a sailor outfit to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrietjames Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Definitely a sailor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaxland 89 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Just like pippas old sailor outfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylover Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Such a pathetic and ill-informed article, viagra does not make you horny, it just gives you a better erection. Australian journalism at it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke39 Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 I don't see a problem, Martha was stripping in 2004. I remember was it 2010, H and A got in hot water, depicting sexual themes when Liam and Martha were getting it on on top of a table . Obviously was it 2008 H and A got in trouble with Charlie and Joey. Ray Meagher has voiced his concerns about the Adult Content that has been part of this show for years now. Point is, H and A has not been shy from controversy in the past. It is not 1995 Home and Away anymore. But this show also never was a Family Drama, always had that edge. Just post 2004 It's been less PG. So my point of view is, if the content is so racy. Maybe 7 need to look at changing the rating. From PG to M. The content it self is not the problem. H and A know it's 2016, and sex sells. The Rating's don't lie, they were at their highest ever with The Braxtons. Now ALOT can dislike this. But it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaxland 89 Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Martha wasn't even in the show in 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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