Reality TV is where we realize the nation is full of girls who are “16 and Pregnant” and possibly in need of an “Intervention.” It is where we see and believe that our boyfriends have “Tool Academy” potential and we may be better off with “The Bachelor.”
Rachel Zoe is going to tell us what to wear, with her "project." You can ditch your family member for a week on “Wife Swap.” Kim Kardashian and her clan’s seemingly staged show, makes us squeal at scripted incidents that were made possible by the media launch of one lusty sex tape. Imagine what you could do with yours. And, Ryan Seacrest’s image is forever implanted in your head. You see more of him than President Barack Obama or your family for that matter.
Under the name reality, we get a skewed and false world that soon ingrains our brains to accept as the norm.
It is your friend. It is your brother. It is your neighbor. It may even be you.
Reality TV fanatic Michelle Presser, of Lapeer, Mich., can’t seem to get enough of it. This busy mom of twins, who is a nurse, comes home each night to a lengthy list of pre-recorded reality shows. Sometimes, it isn’t even possible for her family members to watch something else while she is gone, as she is often taping two that air at one time.
Stewart Petrie, 22, a student at the University of Michigan-Flint, can’t figure out why he is so disappointed when he misses an episode of “Teen Cribs,” why “Cops” never gets old, or how “Seducing Cindy” seduces him to the tube weekly.
It seems to be a great stress relief in our fast-paced society to unwind to pure entertainment. We move so fast lately, that when do have down time, we just want to zone out. In doing so, we may be laying the groundwork for an even more deceptive reality than the sitcoms of the 80s and 90s ever gave us.
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