I’m getting really tired of reality tv shows. When the writer’s strike started back in November, I was sure that things would be resolved fairly quickly. Maybe this was naive or just a defense mechanism I used to reassure myself that The Office wouldn’t run out of shows, forcing me to find another way to spend my Thursday evenings. But no. It’s still going on. And all I have to fill the void with is reality tv.
My housemates, one in particular, love reality tv. I’ll admit, I’ve grown to love Project Runway, the design show on Bravo, but other than that, I could pretty much do without the rest of them. America’s Next Top Model is one big self aggrandisement for Tyra Banks. And if I have to hear her give one more motivational speech in that slightly whiny, slightly self righteous voice of hers, I’m going to scream. News flash Tyra, there’s no difference in the pose you’re showing us and the pose the hopeful model did in the picture. Ugh.
And the reality romance shows are no different. Sure, it’s occasionally funny to watch some chick get so drunk that she can’t even make it to the elimination part of “Rock of Love” with Brett Michaels (classy), but those shows as a whole make me annoyed of females everywhere. We’re backstabbing, we’re whiny, we cry waaay too much and for what? For love? Doubtful. You’ve known the guy for like what? 8 weeks? And all your dates have been set us by tv producers who are going for the romantic sappy moments. Try making it out in the real world. You can’t? Oh, duh.
So please, writers and producers, resolve your differences. Writers should be getting payed more for their work and for video/dvd sales. Think about it, without them, there would be no product to back and to sell. Whatever you have to do, get it done. I don’t think I can make it through another season bogged down by reality tv.
bair5 Said:
on February 6, 2008 at 2:55 pm
i agree with you, i used to spend afternoons watching ANTM in the summer and then i felt like it was really a waste of my life watching some other people wasting their lives on TV, so i decided not to watch another reality TV show again.