It wasn’t scripted, ‘structured reality’ was the expression used at the time. They are real people and these are their real reactions. The producers might have set scenes up etc but they didn’t have lines.So I’m quite confused here and I admit I’ve never seen the show and only know what I’ve learned on these threads,but I thought Towie was scripted so surely Marks character was to be a complete hole treat Lauren quite badly and her character was to be the down trodden girl friend who everyone felt sorry for but also wanted her to grow a pair of balls and tell him to get to duck. Or I’m I just completely wrong help me make sense of it all
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You’re right is the first episode, it’s on YouTube. Lauren was caked in makeup and chewing some revolting gum but looked good in the silver dress. A mere waif compared to the woman she is today.I cannot for the life of me find the video clip of what has kept me interested for years. It’s basically Lauren kicking off at Mark and I think Sam in Sugarhut, I’m sure it was first series.
Lauren, screaming across the bar “Your all just muggy little cunts” followed by Arg, moron that he is, shouting “Go on Lauren” (Mark sneering in the background, obviously
That has become a Roman Empire for me I know it seems tame today but at the time, it was pretty iconic.
It also goes to show she isn’t such a shrinking violet herself. She ended up in so much conflict and bullying other women over that man and for what? I don’t know why she doesn’t go and heal. It concerns me how she pays for her lifestyle with no real income, makes me wonder what she offers on her OF to sustain a lifestyle (and that’s not a dig, I just struggle to see how she can make ends meet)
I do think Mark really fucked her up but she’s not done much better without him.