Keep'n It Real

Can I tell you how bored I am with the lack of creativity in Reality TV? Like for starters, let’s talk about the fact that there’s nothing real within it. Ironically those big wigs over at the MTV conglomerate; i.e. “The Real World and "Jersey Shore” now contrive the realist shows out right now. I hate to say it, but those fools are keeping it real.
I’m tired of all these “celebrities” being born from the misuse of fame and popularity. I miss the old days where people looked forward to catching the weekly sitcoms from the likes of “Friends” to anything on T.G.I.F. Back when there was no TiVo and we were forced to sit through commercials in order to get to the bottom of the story. Now everything on TV is a social challenge—and we just have to watch for this season’s winner. Whether its romance (superficial of course), or 75% of the entitled winnings of a pro-rated lump sum after a unnecessarily grueling period of physical hardships, or even to be crowned champion of the best cake-maker—we have to watch.
These producers have figured that there’s a commodity and a profit in television. And I don’t know how: but the money is really where the mouth is. If you can sell yourself in front of a nationwide audience in the form of having a single-view camera follow you from here to Timbuktu, then congratulations! you just ticketed yourself at a reasonable price. There are too many talentless “famous” people taking over the prime time slots. To the point where great TV is forced to being consumed from cable television channels or the likes of YouTube and Hulu.
I want to take a moment to pay respect to my newest Television addiction…“Mad Men”. A truly work of art: now that is good TV. This show is a social critique of one of the most famous eras in the 20th century: the 60s. It’s amazing how we repeatedly tell the same story about this decade from the same perspective over and over, and here in this show we see the reality of what went down back then from a whole other side of the spectrum. The wardrobe is immaculate and the truth of the time. And to hear the way politics were really viewed then is critical. There’s one thing I did learn while watching this show though: EVERYBODY drank and smoke alllll day long. It’s an amazement the products of the 60s (my parents, and maybe yours) made it through…and that I turned out, well perfect! *smile*

Please don't judge me for the few reality TV shows listed in the post prior, I fall victim to the product every now then. So maybe I'm not that perfect.