This article, about another article that exposes various ways producers fake up their reality shows, is pretty interesting.
I don't really find it disturbing that reality shows are manipulated for entertainment value, it seems as obvious as professional wrestling being fixed. The thing is is that the people on these shows are being judged and ridiculed/celebrated by everyone watching at home, just like any other characters on TV.
Except they aren't characters, they're real people.
And, true, a lot of them go on these shows just to be on TV and to become celebrities or semi-celebrities. I've seen them at parties. I judge them. They're gross.
But that's not everyone. And I think producers owe it to their audiences and their "cast members" to come clean about just how manipulated these shows are.
As sleazy as some of these "characters" on reality TV shows may seem, just think of the people behind the scenes, egging them on and putting them on television in the first place.
Who's sleazier?
1 comment:
My Fair Brady is definitely the sleaziest.
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