Reality
TV
Reality
TV is definitely NOT my thing. I've watched many reality TV shows, in
attempts to get hooked on them, but I've never finished one. I
suppose you can say I dislike reality TV shows, but only because it
isn't “reality”. Mostly every thing that happens in those TV
shows just isn't real. It can't be. How can so much drama happen in
these peoples lives? It just isn't possible. I think I might shoot
myself if something dramatic happened every single week or two, but
hey I can be wrong. For all I know there IS that much drama in their
lives. They do have a lot more money than I do at the time, and maybe
drama comes with money like toys come with Happy Meals. Regardless of
whether they're real or not, I dislike them. I don't hate them
though, and I doubt it's harming our society much. The only thing
reality TV is most likely doing is fooling people in believing that
the lives they see is better than theirs, but in most cases it isn't
any better. In terms of actually harming society I doubt it. I
honestly think it's somewhere in the middle between harm and benefit,
almost like it doesn't even exist. Like I said before I dislike
reality TV, but I don't hate it. It's always hilarious to hear what
some of the people or “actors” have to say about something or
someone. The opinions and thoughts of some of these people are just
hilarious. I used to avoid them all together, but that changed thanks
to my mom. In the past, I would hate it when my sister changed the
channel to her lame reality TV shows, and since then I always assumed
that pretty much all other reality TV shows were just as much crap.
This all changed when my mom started to watch Little People Big
Planet, or World, I can never remember whether its planet or world.
It's one of those two for sure; 98% sure. Anyways, that reality TV
show isn't half bad. I almost kind of sort of like it. What happens
to those “little people” is believable, and it makes me want to
believe that what happens in reality TV shows is actually real.
However, It isn't that easy to change my opinion. I continue to think
that everything that happens in reality TV shows is on a script and
is acted out. This is only my opinion of course, I have nothing
against people who think otherwise. I'm going to stick to the drama
shows I love so much, but I haven't necessarily given up on reality
TV shows. Little People Big Word/Planet gives me some hope for that
type of entertainment. Maybe one of these days I'll sit down on my
couch with my mom and watch an entire episode for once. Regardless,
that show lets me see a light at the end of the tunnel, and I hope
its not a train.