Article: Big Brother, American Style.(author analyses popular fascination with TV program Big Brother)(Brief Article)

It's the year 2000, not 1984, and Big Brother is alive and well. George Orwell was prophetic, but he was off by 16 years and he got it all backwards. We, the plebeians, ordinary men and women, have become Big Brothers watching with omnivorous eyes the most intimate details of other people's lives, intruding into the inner sanctum of strangers like Peeping Toms and Tomasinas.

The latest example is Big Brother, the new CBS "real-life" TV show that airs in one-hour weekly segments on Thursday nights and half-hour segments on the other week nights. It also can be watched for 24 hours live at www.bigbrother2000.com. For those who have been vacationing on Pluto, Big ...

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