Commentary degenerates to buffoonery

Criticising the lowering standards of Channel Nine commentary, Geoff Lemon, in the Guardian, writes capable experts have descended to "buffoonery" that either the channel tolerates or expects.

Of course viewers want fun - the art of filling slow hours is cricket commentary's joy and genius. But there's a reason that it's great to sit around with a bunch of mates and talk shit among yourselves, and boring to sit next to someone else's bunch of mates while they talk shit among themselves. In-group banter is inherently dull to the world it excludes. A couple of minds in a commentary box must connect with a million outside it.