Sunday 16 March 2008

The effects of Reality TV

To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill, never have so many watched TV with so little good to say about it. This is the essence of the success of reality TV, it survives because of the sheer contempt that its audience have for it. How many times have you found yourself watching Big Brother or The Bachelorette whilst quizzing yourself on why you are watching such rubbish? It makes us feel tasteless, dirty and cheap and if it didn't I'm sure that we wouldn't bother watching it. People are just totally gripped by misanthropy, the ridiculous and the cruel to an extent where they just can't divorce themselves from it.
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