In a recent study, it was found that young adults would rather watch a few episodes of a series as opposed to a movie. Furthermore, for at least 43% of them, their series of choice is Reality TV. "I can watch it all day and I don't feel bad. I love it so much. It just makes me happy" said a 20 year old lass. However, its not just the girls who are going gaga for reality shows, "Ya I dig them because they're just really funny.".
Where did this obsession with Reality TV stem from? Instead of spending time with actual friends, people are content to sit on their couch/bed/chair/floor/toilet and silently watch other people who they do not know from a bar of soap.
That's the thing though, Reality TV is created and produced in a way which makes you feel like you know each member peronally. Every show is made up of a motley crew of characters, the bad boy, the slut, the good girl, the irritating girl, the charmer and so forth, which means that there will be someone you can relate to, or somone who you love to hate.
I mean, how awful could it be:
a) No brain power required other than keeping tabs on who's fighting/sleeping/loving/crushing on who.
b) You get to watch people make utter fools of themselves.
c) Sometimes you can even learn something, be it about relationships, surfing, cutting down tree's or how to make a tent out of a camel.
a) No brain power required other than keeping tabs on who's fighting/sleeping/loving/crushing on who.
b) You get to watch people make utter fools of themselves.
c) Sometimes you can even learn something, be it about relationships, surfing, cutting down tree's or how to make a tent out of a camel.
The Low-Down on Reality Shows:
1. Jersey Shore:
Follows the lives of 8 young orange Italian Americans who spend their days at the tanning, gymming, arguing and creeping (v. The act of finding a girl to bring and humiliate on international TV by sleeping with her and then talking about how ugly she actually was).
Follows the lives of 8 young orange Italian Americans who spend their days at the tanning, gymming, arguing and creeping (v. The act of finding a girl to bring and humiliate on international TV by sleeping with her and then talking about how ugly she actually was).
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| A pale day |
8 women (ie. completly psychotic biatches) move in together where matchmaker Steven Ward attempts to sort out their issues, which range from committment-phobe, to gold-digger, to big-dirty-slut and work-freak.
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| The "Good Girl" |
3. Cake Boss:
Watch a group of exceptionally large Italian New Yorkers who would fit in perfectly with Vito Corleone's crew, as they perform the incredibly hardcore labour of..... making speciality cakes. It is amazing.
Watch a group of exceptionally large Italian New Yorkers who would fit in perfectly with Vito Corleone's crew, as they perform the incredibly hardcore labour of..... making speciality cakes. It is amazing.
4. Come Dine With Me:
5 participants. Eat hosts a dinner party. They vote who was the best. One wins a big heap of cash. They tend to get incredibly drunk and then fight a lot.
Even if you aren't one of the 43% of people who love Reality TV, you will like one of the above four options. Just try it. Worst thing that can happen, you will become addicted, get stuck in front on the TV for 3 weeks straight, your brain will melt and you will die. It could be worse.
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