2006-07-28 08:53:39 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
"Big Brother" is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence. In the society that Orwell describes, everybody is under complete surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens. The people are constantly reminded of this by the phrase "Big Brother is watching you", which is the core "truth" of the propaganda system in this state.
2006-07-28 08:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by Mosaic 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
While it is a reality show, the term came from the book "1984" by George Orwell. It's a classic, and worth a read. It was the name of the head of their government who watched everything the people did. The government saw everything, hence the name of the show.
2006-07-28 15:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by littlebit449 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A term used to describe the government monitoring our every move. I believe it was first coined by George Orwell in his book 1984 (written in 1949). In it he describes the world as it may be in a futuristic 1984. Luckily, the real thing wasn't too much like it.
It's also a really great reality show on CBS.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother7
2006-07-28 16:00:01 · answer #3 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a reality show. The point is that "Big Brother is watching you."
2006-07-28 15:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by lucasgw8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a reality show that's kind of a cross between The Real World and Survivor.
2006-07-28 15:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by all_my_armour_falling_down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big brother is the goverment or the "man" watching over and restricting the freedoms and rights of the American people
2006-07-28 15:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by nylatinanurse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda like The Real World but a regular tv spin off
2006-07-28 15:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by ridingspinners369 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reality show. Bunch of people locked up in a house together. I've only ever seen one eposode, and it was kinda lame. You're not missing much by not knowing.
2006-07-28 15:55:27 · answer #8 · answered by Robin D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually big brother is the government... a term used LONG before the stupid reality show.
2006-07-28 15:56:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Group of strangers spend the summer in a house cut off from the outside world. They have to nominate one another to be evicted (in the UK viewers evict one while in the US housemates vote).
2006-07-28 21:20:28 · answer #10 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋