maybe this has been hashed over a million times, and maybe noone cares anymore... but what the hell is up with all these damn reality shows?
i see they are announcing the cast of Survivor Thailand. woo hoo. i have never been a fan (bite me all you survivor-freaks). it just doesn't interest me. this reality show is anything but. what normal people do you know that hang around in the outback or on deserted islands for weeks at a time? that's not real. it's just like a movie, except played with a cast of characters that is unwillingly manipulated by the producers of the show. the thousands of hours of tape are cut, not to show what is really going on, but so that the audience will boo one guy and applaud another. it's just amazing to me that people buy into it so easily.
and it's not like we don't have enough drama in our own lives. the silly problems of a bunch of idiots who are sitting on an island with no food save rice and bitching about the bugs doesn't affect anyone here. yet everyone flocks to their television sets weekly and sometimes twice a week to watch them and either laugh or feel sorry for them. any shred of emotion is wasted on them. there are people all around us who are fighting physical, emotional, and spiritual battles all the time... who stops to think of them?
another fucked up thing is that these shows glorify the underhanded, backstabbing methods required to win this game. it makes me wonder what these people are like in life. it's this kind of crap that leaves people hating themselves for being all the things that are worth something... smart, caring, sensitive, sweet, funny... how can a person think these things make them weak? since when did being nice become a sign of weakness? i just don't understand it...
anyways, i know everyone will still watch the shows... i just hope that they are actually getting something out of it... and that they give as much attention to their own lives and to the lives of the people around them...
