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Saturday, January 22, 2011

How often do you see "reality TV" scenarios in "reality"

Consider for example one of the biggest "Reality TV" hits of all time, Survivor. At this point there is a plethora of seasons and episodes chronicling the lives, trials, and errors of "the survivors". By watching a single episode of this show we can fully appreciate how "reality TV" is not attempting to recreate "reality" at all, but is merely built for the green. Where on this planet do you find two groups of people specifically and strategically placed with each other, (on a quote "deserted" island) and pitted against each other by a larger organization of people for the shear purpose of winning a large sum of money over all the others your living with. On what deserted island in the Galapagos do we find assigned groups of people going from staged challenge to staged challenge in an intense competition over money? You can only find that "reality" in the game shows. This just further supports the idea that these shows are played out purely for their entertainment value. We love to watch people in hot competition for large sums of money because we have to then stop and think "what would i do if i were in the situation?" The "reality" of the situation is you will probably never be in that situation, especially if it wasn't a game show. But still thousands of people watch the show fantasizing about what they would do if they had all that money. How far they would go to to win that money. For really nobody wants to play the real game of survivor. If people did, they would move out of this comfortable lifestyle to a deserted island and try and fend for themselves. Thats a harsh "reality" and some think that they want to do such a thing after watching the show. But really what they want is to go into the completely controlled environment of "Survivor" where in the end, you aren't striving to survive for you life, you are just playing the game. You can leave whenever you want. THAT is a false view of reality. THAT is the "reality" that "reality TV" provides; a false reality staged merely for the growth of money, in every aspect. There is no real attempt to show people "reality" for if there was, hah, no one would watch it, and you would just lose your money. Entertainment, not reality. Hell it should just be called "Entertainment TV"

1 comment:

Lauren said...

This is so true. i never though of it like this. Reality TV has reality in it but does the things in these shows actually happen in our world in our real reality. Most of the time i would say no!