I dislike reality television because I think it's nearing the line of lowest common denominator that spells the stagnancy of any sort of American civilization. It's the Wal-Mart of television -- cheaply produced knockoffs of a craft that used to take at least a little talent and training to do, the ultimate moronic destination of all those preposterously stupid "America's Funniest Videos" clips that were the rage in the 90's. It's producers lining their own wallets now that they don't have to actually pay members of the Screen Actors Guild. It's popularity contests that put jackasses like Sanjaya (who I've never seen, but who I know the name of because reality TV pours over to taint every other form of media known to mankind) on for longer than the thirty seconds it should take to determine that he's a waste of space who should be pumping gas somewhere.
I dislike reality television because it promotes the ascendance of the American Idiot. (http://jblaque.livejournal.com/223221.html) I dislike it because it promotes sitting around living vicariously instead of doing something with one's life.
Also, from an emotional standpoint, it's the genre that Fox cancelled Firefly for. "The Littlest Groom", my ass...
You may enjoy them. I have too many deep-seated negative emotional responses associated with them to ever consider them with anything more than bemused disdain. *shrug*
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Date: 2007-08-27 01:19 am (UTC)I dislike reality television because it promotes the ascendance of the American Idiot. (http://jblaque.livejournal.com/223221.html) I dislike it because it promotes sitting around living vicariously instead of doing something with one's life.
Also, from an emotional standpoint, it's the genre that Fox cancelled Firefly for. "The Littlest Groom", my ass...
You may enjoy them. I have too many deep-seated negative emotional responses associated with them to ever consider them with anything more than bemused disdain. *shrug*