Misanthrope Porn

Another eviction night looms. This year's fractious housemates have burned brighter and faster. There's a mood of collapse and it's only the end of week two. Big Brother is a marvellous thing - at once a celebration of the freaky and the universal, the hateful and the compassion-inspiring. One minute a housemate arouses violent fantasies in viewer and fellow-contestant alike, the next minute they inflame a sense of basic human fellowship and belonging. One way or another that house brings out the worst and the best in everyone, viewers and viewed.