The prime minister Gordon Brown was interviewed on the 14th February, on ITV1 and Heather Mills on the 17th February on More 4. Gordon Brown was questioned by laughing boy Piers Morgan (a friend of the Browns) and Heather Mills diagnosed by Dr. Pamela Connolly of the flowing blond hair. Both Brown and Mills are familiar to millions of people in the western world and it was fascinating to watch the interviewers endeavour to introduce the audience to a different side of their personalities. Brown, generally regarded as introverted and unemotional should also be considered as having a persona, which would befit a politician faced with the burden of running our country. Morgan ludicrously attempted to portray him as "a bit of a lad" during his youth and as a young romantic when courting his wife. I have been an admirer of Morgan's technique in his previous series of interviews, but feel that his juvenile approach was unbecoming to a man of Brown's substance regardless of whether you favour him as a politician. The British public I feel sure would have preferred a more edifying conversation with our prime minister. Mills who maintains she is the "most vilified woman that's ever been" because of her marriage to a Beatle submitted herself to an in depth analysis of her personality. Having extracted from her subject details of all the horrible experiences she suffered through the behaviour of her father, while she was living at home, Connolly gradually step by step convinced Mills that the pain endured had made her a compulsive personality in that she is driven to help everybody which results in them resenting her. Both Mills and Connolly dealt explicitly with the sexual details which were purportedly relevant to the development of Mills personality. I found this to be in stark contrast to the method of innuendo which Morgan employed in his interview with Brown. By the time the end of the therapeutic session was reached I was amazed at the saintly figure which had emerged. The camera work was excellent in the Morgan show, which apart from showing audience participation deftly shifted from husband to wife to show how sadly they had been affected by the death of their daughter and the illness of their son. In the Mills interview the camera man had very little choice other than to show Mills nodding her head constantly up and down in a demure fashion thereby acknowledging her agreement with each assertion which was delivered by Connolly with a worldly smile. Try and catch up on the two interviews, if you haven't seen them I am sure you will enjoy them. By Aubrey Seller
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