Deborah Wilkinson
Staff Writer
Reality television shows litter the channels and frustrate me to no end. How is it that a “reality” show can be so far from reality? These shows converge on dramatic arguments and fist fights, when our everyday reality hinges on relationships and responsibility. These shows lower our nation in the eyes of other nations. How can it not? We have an infamous television show that capitalizes on putting people in dangerous situations with little to no nutrition and making them do tricks for food and rewards, which is a real situation for many poverty level countries. How patronizing.
According to an Associated Press TV Guide poll, four out of five Americans say they think too many reality shows are on the air. If that is true, why then do we have a not-so-real reality show on every network?
All of the channels have their own brand of what is real and how things work. It seems more like these shows are manipulating the outcome each and every episode.
Realitytvtonight.com monopolizes on the phrase “Watching the things we think but do not say.” That must mean we as people aren’t living our lives the way we would like to, but these shows leave us free to hear and see the things we would like to experience. I for one, would not like to get in a cat fight for a man or make a fool of myself doing some silly stunt. I live my life to the fullest, not watching these shows and being subject to their mind-numbing stunts.
It may be these despicable shows help people escape after a long day of work, or that people watch it because it is on. Whatever the excuse, think about what we see, or let our children see.
The people that star on most of these shows are less than ideal characters; they are usually problematic people that do nothing but cause conflict.
When you let these images sink in, one may just be surprised, these shows harbor violence and conflict. Those very ideals are things we are taught to try to avoid. Yet day in and day out, we watch people bicker and fight and soak it all in as “quality television.” What happened to morals in TV? Where did educational programing go? Was it banished to only the History Channel?
I vow I will bring myself beyond these programs, beyond those ideals and immature mentality. I, as an intelligent person, will watch shows that stimulate my mind, make me think and wonder. It is not that I am being pompous. I just don’t want to hinder my brain, or be held back by what our generation considers “reality.”
So I will push for excellence, ideals and for quality programing. These shows are far from ending, they will last and multiply and invest in this generation so deep, that one day we may just see the things that realitytvtonight.com thinks we want to see.
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