Wednesday, January 5, 2011
RTV, corruption of the masses
We are in a state of crisis. Our nation is quickly being duped into becoming only a giant consumer of the materialistic lifestyle. With many reality TV shows one sees, there is and endless supply of eye candy to any viewer from nice cars, to nice clothes, to catered meals, and tons of spending money. This feeds our perception of a materialistic lifestyle as the "proper" way to live. Through this constant feed of mindless entertainment when one has "nothing better to do" we are swindled into believing that these are the types of lifestyles one should be having if they are successful in life. Thinking about living life towards such goals will only lead us down a damaging path beyond the Roman's own self-destructive reaches. By continuing this gluttonous lifestyle we will not only kill ourselves, but murder our earth in the process. This constant barrage of images feed us the facade that its okay to live this way. Nice cars, booze, clothes, and mansions are all such a natural life part. Not if we want our grandchildren to have a home to live on. The only shows that are worth watching, in my opinion, are ones that actually teach you knowledge something new, interesting, and useful to life events, advancements, and proofs. That is my true opinion, because i get nothing useful out of watching reality TV shows, while i have learned so much about life through the medium of film. Reality TV is very superficial to what life's focuses and capabilities are. RTV is like Hitler, getting the youth while their young, convincing them of lies as truth, and creating mindless drones for a machine hell bent on destruction of the planet, but this time slowly through consumerism, not Fascism.
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Very Very interesting points on how RTV emphasizes and supports a consumerist lifestyle. I don't think this is an accident, that capitalism spawns shows that glamorize spending.
Do you think comparing RTV to Hitler is accurate? I mean it is a strong point, and I do agree that some forms of RTV is stupid aka Jersey Shore but you cannot generalize. There are shows like Intervention and True Life that are actually eye opening and not forms of entertainment that corrupt young minds.
I agree with what John said, as dumb as some RTV shows are, i think the general genre has really grown to more than just drunk people on TV. the shows that he mentioned really are great and I think people that are either going through similar situations or have friends/ family in similar situations can really use these types of reality Tv shows as a push to better themselves. I also think that these shows allow others who can't necessarily relate to begin to understand the real struggles that some people in our world go through. As for the stupid shows that just focus on the superficial areas of being successful/ rich off of acting dumb, I think its important to look at the shows in a way of superficial entertainment as a last resort for boredom. As I was reading other posts, many people said that they usually lean towards RTV when they have nothing better to do which I think is proving against your favor that OUR generation isn't as severely effected by RTV as you think it is. However, it is very possible that these shows are detrimental to a younger age group that are simply unable to separate reality TV from their own reality.
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