reality check!

it's really insane to look at the current state of reality shows around. the latest kid on the block is "my big fat obnoxious fiance", which is totally tasteless. *bleh*

so basically this show's abt this girl who's supposed to convince her family tt she's marrying this loser (who's intentionally out to make everyone hate him) in the hope of winning a million dollars, tt is, *if* she manages to pull the stunt off.

sigh.

it makes marriage seem fraudulent. degrades it even to something tt can be toyed around with and joked about, taking all the formality and grandour out of marriage. i don't put all the blame on this show, especially so when it hasn't even premiered... because there was bachelor and all its sequels and relatives which put forth strongly the idea of instant true love... afterall, how many couples deemed to be most suitable for each other finally held firm to their vows of love?

aiyoh.

i guess the reason behind the popularity of these programmes is their voyeristic nature. people thrill at the idea of being 'empowered' to look into the lives of people. to be able to comment on someone else's business. to observe a 'hidden' side of someone from the safety of their sofa. it's ingenious of the producers to spot this trend in today's society, and it's highly probably tt this trend of insecurity, together with the number of programmes of voyeristic nature, will increase.

and really also just to see pple look totally dumb on tv. cause it makes pple feel good. certain pple have managed to exploit this fact by looking TOTALLY dumb. word spreads around about their dumbness, and very soon more pple know about the idiot than the vice president of the united states... who's the idiot now? who's laughing all the way to the bank?

really it's all the wrong values tt such shows are promoting. materialism, back-stabbing, i-don't-care-as-long-as-i-win, gossip, promiscuity, deceitfulness etc. the difference is tt these examples tt pple see before them now are REAL. no longer the ingeniuty of some happy scriptwriter sitting in hollywood. paradoxically the greater evil.

very entertaining though i must admit. i just luv the apprentice. donald trump's a genius. after all what else more could u want after u've got tt much money? international acclaim through holleywood of course. and guess who's helping him out in his little scheme?

me of course. a willing victim to the very end for the sake of satisfying my need for entertainment. :)