Wednesday, June 09, 2004
What ever happened to being humble?
Almost every contestant on competitive reality TV shows are unabashedly full of themselves. It's the one thing Reality TV has in common. From Fear Factor to Elimidate to American Idol to Joe Millionaire. You will find the same over-confident, mean spirited, cut throat, non-sportmanlike, cocky, selfish people.
How often do I have to hear some annoying prima donna say; "No one stands a chance, I'm going to win, these other people should go home because it's over, i'm the best, i'm gonna kick everyones ass, she ain't got it, I got it, blah blah blah".
What's funny and truly pathetic is they make these egotistical declarations as if they are in a vacuum far far away from reality. In reality, they clearly aren't better than the other contestants and in reality are just moments away from losing badly to the players they just dissed.
People who really are better than the other players are just as bad. The days of being humble are long gone, atleast on reality TV.
Shows like Elimidate aren't even about dating. It's a competition of girls trying to outslut one another. That's what every episode I have seen has boiled down to. The show is set up to reward the sluttiest and punish the girl who wants to impress her date with something other than how slutty she can be, for instance, a personality. Every guy I've seen on the show has followed that pattern.
Atleast there is one dating show that is actually about dating,Blind Date.
If reality becomes like reality TV. I am afraid, very afraid.
Almost every contestant on competitive reality TV shows are unabashedly full of themselves. It's the one thing Reality TV has in common. From Fear Factor to Elimidate to American Idol to Joe Millionaire. You will find the same over-confident, mean spirited, cut throat, non-sportmanlike, cocky, selfish people.
How often do I have to hear some annoying prima donna say; "No one stands a chance, I'm going to win, these other people should go home because it's over, i'm the best, i'm gonna kick everyones ass, she ain't got it, I got it, blah blah blah".
What's funny and truly pathetic is they make these egotistical declarations as if they are in a vacuum far far away from reality. In reality, they clearly aren't better than the other contestants and in reality are just moments away from losing badly to the players they just dissed.
People who really are better than the other players are just as bad. The days of being humble are long gone, atleast on reality TV.
Shows like Elimidate aren't even about dating. It's a competition of girls trying to outslut one another. That's what every episode I have seen has boiled down to. The show is set up to reward the sluttiest and punish the girl who wants to impress her date with something other than how slutty she can be, for instance, a personality. Every guy I've seen on the show has followed that pattern.
Atleast there is one dating show that is actually about dating,Blind Date.
If reality becomes like reality TV. I am afraid, very afraid.
