Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Real in Reality TV

It's not really reality, honey. It's called faking it.

If reality tv were real, then there wouldn't be a need for story editors anymore. If it were real, then competition will be really stiff and become every man for himself, especially if the pot is 1M.

Bottomline, we're just being made to believe that their lives are real and interesting. Further, we're reduced to mere audience. If it were real, then by one way or another, we would be somehow involved in it, directly or indirectly yes?

I just found myself answering this question this morning: should we disqualify this contestant because he is being accused of "cheating". But in real life, people do cheat. In real life, we can't just oust anyone.

If this were reality, I would say, bring it on!

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