Analysis: Top Gear

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I know my passion for cars will never end and I saw no better way of exploring this passion through a written task. This written task is about a feature article on the television show, Top Gear. Top Gear is a British television series about cars. and it has become the most widely watched television program in the world with approximately of 350 million views per week in 170 different counties. The show is presented by famous iconic presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond, Jason Dawe, Chris Evans, with Matt LeBlanc. These presenters are known for their repugnant behavior and their inappropriate use of language to various groups in the society which may cause harm to the people indirectly. Due to their British Heritage, they tend to discriminate various groups in the society with their personal judgment, which may offend viewers. Top Gear is the relaunched version of the original show in 1977, it has become a controversial show and gained many attentions in the British culture as the presenters of Top Gear can imitate and mock …show more content…

That episode has caused controversy as the discussion was based about replacing on the new Jaguar’s Bluetooth system “pairing a phone” being replaced with “mating a phone”. Based on that discussion, the presenters of the show made a joke as they would want to “get the phone and the dashboard to mate”. The presenters of the host reinforced the phone and the dashboard to farm animals saying that they had to "wait for the lady cow to be on heat before sticking the bull in". After that, James May ask how people would know when the dashboard “is having its period”. At this point, Jeremy Clarkson responded, “Because the satnav would lose its temper for no reason.” Based on the above comment, many audience will react in different manner as the male would laugh at that joke, but most women and feminists will be being

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