Get real with Reality TV
Reality TV is far from educational but you have to admit that
they are damned well good fun to watch.
I can not speak for others and I have no jurisdiction over
television stations that air these types of programme. However
this type of entertainment can be very fulfilling in providing
pleasure to viewers who get withdrawal symptoms should they not
get their weekly fix of reality TV.
Then we have the vast majority who find it all so false and
irritating. Who do you please? A catch 22 situation,
Why the big issue over the showing of these series is beyond me.
No one twists your arm up your back to view the antics of the
Big Brother house; no one holds your head steadfast while you
squirm at the creepy crawlies swallowed by the inhabitants of
the Australian jungle.
There is no imposed law out there stating that you the viewer
have to watch this garbage as some would see it. Millions of
people tune into their favourite channels and are content to
watch what they enjoy, and if reality TV is one of those
channels, then so be it. Freedom of choice, so many laws out
there dictating how we run our lives with out some critic
sticking the oar in to scrap reality television all because it
is not educational.
If people want educating then surely they will tune into the
discovery channel, where they get to see the gruesome remains of
bodies unearthed for DNA testing.
For updates as to what is going on around the world we have the
CNN news showing the bombings in Iraq followed by flashes of
pictures of bony skeletal starving kids in Africa.
Crime watch another awareness programme on how to catch a thief
or nail a mugger while they load up a mug shot on our screens of
the bloodied battered face of the 80 year old woman mugged for
her pension. Sorry I have done enough crying for the day
watching all that suffering. If reality TV can generate a strong
presence of pleasure and put a smile on the faces of millions
who enjoy this type of entertainment, then leave it be.
To much crying in the world today and if reality TV takes on the
role of being clown for the evening to put a smile on your face
then make sure to tune in every week.
Remember you will always get the critic or the anti reality TV
person ready to wipe the smile of your face. Well for those
people against, face up to reality and deal with it, as it is
here to stay.