My topic is Reality TV. I admit that I am a Reality TV junky. There are several reasons that I am
drawn to these types of television shows.
The biggest reason I watch is for the entertainment factor. There always seems to be some surprising
drama on these shows.
Take for example The
Bachelor. Are you serious? There is a group of women on The Bachelor that are looking for love
from the same man, this season it is Ben Flajnik. Ben is one of the men from the last season of
The Bachelorette who was sent home
after proposing. He was one of two men
left on the show.
Throughout the show, the contestants live together in
the same house as The Bachelor lives
off site. There are similarities with every
show. There is always at least one
person that is already in a relationship and they get sent home because of
this. Sometimes they are accused of
being there for the wrong reasons. There
is always a surprise guest, like an ex girlfriend, that shows up about ¾ of the
way through the season to throw everyone off guard. There is always one girl labeled as the
“crazy” girl that seems to stay on the show until the end. Is this staged?
The people that are sent home seem to
always be so torn apart, even if it is only the first or second week
there. They seem to have thought this
one person was the one for them even if they haven’t been on any dates at
all. They often leave the show crying
into the camera wondering what is wrong with them. This is so pitiful. This often makes me think about this entire
show. If The Bachelor is so special
himself, what makes him come on a TV show to find a wife? Why can’t he just find one on his own without
a show throwing 25-30 beautiful women in a house competing for his attention?
Also, speaking of the dates, do you really think that
a normal date would be something as extraordinary as what they do on this
show? I think I might fall in love with
someone just because of a date on a
private island after being flown there on a private helicopter.
Searching Reality TV websites, you can
learn the latest about all the Reality TV Shows and all the people we have come
to know. These folks are real people,
just like us, that turn into Reality TV icons that we just cannot stop talking
about. Right now you can see that the
contestant that is causing the most drama on the Bachelor will be on the Women Tell All Special which leads me to
believe she will not be the one that Ben chooses to be his wife. (Thompson,
2012)
Reality TV shows, like The Bachelor, is pure
entertainment for me. With lives being
so busy, watching reality TV shows gives busy adults time to gaze into other
peoples’ lives, daydream a little, bring in the drama, be amazed by the one
contestant that seems a bit “crazy” and hopefully realize that even though this
is Reality TV, it is still just a show.
Brown, R.B.(2005).
Profiles of Popular Culture.
Madison, Wisconsin: Popular Press
Thompson, M.(2012).
She Knows Reality TV Magazine.
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