Saturday, June 28, 2008

Reality shows

Have you noticed lately how every show on TV is a reality show?

Bad language and violence are more subdued now...and it's time for everyone to participate the way it's happening...right now.

From dog-training, apprenticing, dating, dancing, singing, cooking....it's all about being able to compete. Even dieting...getting weighed in once a week. Or even...are you smarter than a 5th Grader! And let's go a step farther...going on the Judge Judy show for a judgment. Matter of fact, I just stumbled on another about buying fixer-uppers and getting a crew to make it look like it was just built.

Now competition is a strong word. If you're in a circus reality...you can break your neck..because they're performing without a net.

But we just casually sit and watch and be entertained..

I do believe that many of these young people would never get exposure to the audiences if it wasn't for these shows popping up.

But I think that we've lost the reality to fantasy...and everything is just for our entertainment.

We simply just sit and watch. Maybe that's why we're not getting as upset as we should over the stock market. Is that just another reality show...and then they're going to make it better?

I dunno....but something better happen soon.

Or maybe it's like Shakespeare said...The World's a Stage Where We All Play a Part'. This show has no script...it's improvisation...we make it up as we go along...hopefully being right half the time.

So does that mean we're all in one big reality show on earth?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, so very well said..couldn't have said it better myself..too much of these "stupid" shows on T.V. Reality is all around us, no
need to watch T.V. for that..

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Pat. I'm glad you agree...everyone jumped on the bandwagon of 'reality'!

virginia said...

tv is crap....my life has been one big reality show..don't need to watch other people's reality for entertainment! Since when is Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osborne's, et al family life entertaining or the least bit interesting?

I want Lucy, Beaver, and even Archie back...Every show had a life lesson, made you laugh and cry all at the same time...

It's interesting you quoted Shakespeare...if you remember we had a conversation about that quote a few months back..we ARE just players on the stage of life

so "bang zoom, Alice, off to the moon!" lol lol