All In the Best Possible Taste-Grayson Perry (2012)

Grayson Perry has a unique style which added a unique feature to
his presenting

 I am currently watching a series presented by the artist Grayson Perry called In the Best Possible Taste. So far I have found the series fascinating. Grayson Perry is a great presenter as he has un-biased views on the classes and asks a variety of thought-provoking questions to his interviewees.

SERIES SYNOPSIS

"Grayson Perry has always been fascinated by taste: why people buy the things they do and wear the things they wear, and what they are trying to say about themselves when they make those choices. Grayson goes on safari through the taste tribes of Britain, not just to observe our taste, but to tell us in an artwork what it means.

The work Grayson creates is a series of six imposing tapestries called 'The Vanity of Small Differences', his personal but panoramic take on the taste of 21st-century Britain. In each episode, he embeds himself with people from across the social spectrum in a bid to get to grips with our differing takes on taste."

Perry interviews a 'working class' football fan 

As I used to live in a place where I had a LOT of middle-class neighbours, it was interesting to see an interview with a middle-class woman about the origins of the middle class. As my parents are quite sceptical of the middle-class, it was also interesting to hear a different side to their story, and to find out how they justify their particular tastes and styles. The woman in this interview said that:

Grayson Perry interviews a 'middle-class' woman in
Tumbridge Wells

"The middle classes are almost by definition the class that does not know it's place...it was originally the sort of merchant class. They weren't the workers, they weren't the land owners, they were the self-made people...They're unsure of their place, so they want to appear more sure of their place so they try too hard and they want to appear good, virtuous, respectable, as if they deserve their place"

Perry interviews a 'middle-class' mother about
her child-related anxieties

This perspective of the middle-class was completely unknown to me before watching this programme, especially as it was a perspective admitted by someone who is middle-class themselves.

I also found this programme to be enlightening as it made me aware of how much the classes are merging in contemporary society. It made me wonder what class I belong to, and if it is possible to move up a class or if it is decided for you at birth.
I can't wait for the next episode on Tuesday, as it is about the upper-class, which is the class I know the least about.