Recommendations of the Editorial team
A man who cannot find his remote control and staggered barefoot and abundantly confused through his villa to find her. That was Ozzy Osbourne, as he could be seen in “The Osbournes”. The singer of Black Sabbath, who bite a bat and as a Godfather of Metal, caused all sorts of excesses. Here he chats with his dogs and turns his children Kelly and Jack a pig when they don’t want to hear.
If there is an accountant of the skirt somewhere, he would have knocked his hands over the head with everything that could be seen in the family soap broadcast from 2002 to 2005. With the 55 episodes, Ozzy smashed pretty much every rock star myth. He showed himself as a helpless alcoholic, he was a fragile half.
“The Osbournes” shaped a new cult of authenticity
This intended contrast effect between image and reality was revolutionary in the early 2000s. She not only demystified Ozzy herself, but the entire narrative of the unassailable rock star. In addition, the Osbournes also invented the reality TV with celebrity input, as can no longer be disposed of from television.
Before the series, the view of the stars was either staged in the medium (in talk shows or high -gloss magazines) or by paparazzi and self -brought -up scandals. The Osbournes but family banality transformed into conversation.
The series became the blueprint for formats such as “The Kardashians”. However, the series differed from all the prominent successors. This family was stubborn, but she fought – sometimes against each other, sometimes for each other.
Connecting for many forms of trash TV, the Osbournes also showed a tremendous tragic depth. Sharon Osbourne’s cancer was experienced up close, saw Jack’s drug problems, felt ashamed of Kelly’s dissatisfaction with himself. And above all, the confusion of Ozzy. The series showed how fragile life can be despite fame and wealth.
“The Osbournes” can hardly be viewed today because it looks so naive in its staged not staging. MTV changed with the series from being a pure music station. But this format taught that there is a lot of sincerity to discover all the “normal” problems in this unadorned artificial world. A concept that should later appear in the influencer cult of the social internet and still has an impact today.
The series brought Ozzy a comeback, the accompanying single “Dreamer” even found its way into the playlist of young married people who have never heard of Black Sabbath. The interest in the family of the musician, who musically celebrated some success, but went through a tough time of suffering with serious illnesses and strokes of fate, did not want to dry up afterwards.
The Osbournes became one of America’s most famous families. Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack reflected the longing to be seen – but not as an icon, but as a conspiratorial gang of chaots.