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In another thread, fatipa says that if being depressed or whatver is ellens way of dealing weith the challenge, then fair enough, That might actually be the very way to do it - whereas as the constatnt being cheerful gets you nowhere. At least, it's an issue of whatever wortks for her. The same applies to grunting tennis players or repulsively-overconfident pre-fight boxers.
ok fair enough. The grunting tennis players or pugilistic boxers - that's their mood, right? And in the same way, for elllen, her mood might indeed be somewhat depressed/moaning/whatever as a way of dealing with it or whatever, no prob.
BUT tennis players and boxers don't actually write emails including grunts and/or explosive punches at the computer or TV. Not very much anyway, and not ususally on live tv.
In other words - the ellen emails are uncontrolled insofar as they are unedited. Am i the only one who was surprised at this?
Ellen may be a great sailor, even the greatest - but the same need not apply to her text, need it? Or atleast, not insofar as each one contributes towards the l;arger story of the challenge. Her emails are in no small part representative of the entire challenge, and reflect upon the sponsors. Normally a sponsored event (foopball, cricket, anything) is presented by professional presenters, editors the lot. They don't just "mike up" Roy so he can mutter his way through a match "i think i'll bashim again now!" and put that on the telly for 90 minutes, or a whole season.
I think ellens own thoughts should have been sub-edited - or sub-edited with more skill. The same applied to Preecies comments on the last (crewed) attempt, even worse at wrting from the v stressful position of being on a rtw boat.
Simply hoicking her emails straight on to website is inept (and oputting his up was inept in the extreme!) It's ok for one interview with a boxer("i'm gonna killim!") , but you wouldn't give him 20 minutes every day for 3 months - which is what we're getting here. A website text team should manage that process. Or a better team - perhaps one that doesn't try to express mast heights in multiples of step ladders or boat displacement in terms of bags of sharp sand.
They seem to be managing the whole reporting issue much better on the vendee globe. Perhaps that's because they use real journos (who sail) , not keenie sailors (who write a bit)? Dunno
For eveyone's sake (mainly ellens image which is a valuable issue for her and many others) the emails ahould be incorporated, quoted and cut. Time after time the website asks "what sail plan have you got" and the answer is " two reefs and a storm jib, but i'm really tired and stressed $$$ i don't think i've got the energy to etc etc" which isn't good for the challenge, for ellen, the sponsors, or anyone.
None of this denigrates the challenge - just the background. If I were the sponsor I'd have stepped in only on this issue, and i'm surprised that they have not - it's not an issue of the way in which the challenge is run but the way in which it is presented.
ok fair enough. The grunting tennis players or pugilistic boxers - that's their mood, right? And in the same way, for elllen, her mood might indeed be somewhat depressed/moaning/whatever as a way of dealing with it or whatever, no prob.
BUT tennis players and boxers don't actually write emails including grunts and/or explosive punches at the computer or TV. Not very much anyway, and not ususally on live tv.
In other words - the ellen emails are uncontrolled insofar as they are unedited. Am i the only one who was surprised at this?
Ellen may be a great sailor, even the greatest - but the same need not apply to her text, need it? Or atleast, not insofar as each one contributes towards the l;arger story of the challenge. Her emails are in no small part representative of the entire challenge, and reflect upon the sponsors. Normally a sponsored event (foopball, cricket, anything) is presented by professional presenters, editors the lot. They don't just "mike up" Roy so he can mutter his way through a match "i think i'll bashim again now!" and put that on the telly for 90 minutes, or a whole season.
I think ellens own thoughts should have been sub-edited - or sub-edited with more skill. The same applied to Preecies comments on the last (crewed) attempt, even worse at wrting from the v stressful position of being on a rtw boat.
Simply hoicking her emails straight on to website is inept (and oputting his up was inept in the extreme!) It's ok for one interview with a boxer("i'm gonna killim!") , but you wouldn't give him 20 minutes every day for 3 months - which is what we're getting here. A website text team should manage that process. Or a better team - perhaps one that doesn't try to express mast heights in multiples of step ladders or boat displacement in terms of bags of sharp sand.
They seem to be managing the whole reporting issue much better on the vendee globe. Perhaps that's because they use real journos (who sail) , not keenie sailors (who write a bit)? Dunno
For eveyone's sake (mainly ellens image which is a valuable issue for her and many others) the emails ahould be incorporated, quoted and cut. Time after time the website asks "what sail plan have you got" and the answer is " two reefs and a storm jib, but i'm really tired and stressed $$$ i don't think i've got the energy to etc etc" which isn't good for the challenge, for ellen, the sponsors, or anyone.
None of this denigrates the challenge - just the background. If I were the sponsor I'd have stepped in only on this issue, and i'm surprised that they have not - it's not an issue of the way in which the challenge is run but the way in which it is presented.