1. The first question was highly unintelligible. I see Nemo. And I got lots of sleep last night. I'm answering the second question. Just FYI.
2. Since most of the popular reality TV shows are on MTV (I'm assuming here, I do not actually watch TV) or it's ilk, the audience is approximately 13 year-olds to 30 year-olds of the United States. And perhaps Canada. The reality TV shows I have seen seem to be promoting an atmosphere of rivalry, backstabbing, competition, and looking good. On shows such as Laguna Beach, every single person has a great body. In Survivor, competitors made alliances and then talked behind their companions' backs. Back in Laguna Beach, there were cliques within the house where the girls and the guys were unfathomably rude about each other. This is a horrible face that the US wears: promoting discord and rancor to make a profit. Because that's what these shows are all about. Profit. The producers know that rude people make TV, so they're capitalizing on that notion. And since they do not want to have to cast another show, they want to convince the audience to continue watching.
So I say that there really is not a message being sent by the reality shows themselves, it's the whole fact that reality shows exist that is the message being sent. And the message sent is that we as a people are totally depraved.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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