A new craze has sweep the nation by storm. The American public is hooked on reality television. Reality television started with shows that push human ability to is limits. A constant test of one’s physical and mental strengths until one reigned supreme. The show would offer a prize, usually a large amount of money to the last person standing. Unfortunately Producers of these shows realize they could make more money by putting obnoxious people on the show and make them embarrass themselves for a quick buck.
For example, Survivor is a show where contestants are put on island with almost nothing, and forced to fend for themselves. The game featured 2 teams, called tribes, with one key difference between them. These tribes would compete in mental and physical challenges along with a social aspect that the players would have to master because at the end of the game when only two candidates were left the tribe members who were voted out would decide who played the game best and deserved the million dollars. Reality shows like this brought about the best in people, and although Survivor is still on the air, it has fewer viewers every season. . As time went on, shows got easier and easier. VH1 came out with a show called I Love Money, which casted a group of idiots that competed in challenges that required no skill at all. This show was very successful because although these contestants were dumber than the average man they were downright entertaining. Now Reality shows have gotten so bad that Producers will give complete Jackasses their own shows.
One show in particular has taken the idiocracy to another level. MTV created the show Jersey Shore, which follows a group people in then twenties as they party in the Clubs of the Jersey Shore. These People give ridiculous a new name. One guy on the show even calls himself "The Situation". More and more people are following this show as if it were their own lives being portrayed on the television set, resulting in Americans getting dumber with every episode. Everyone on the show is now rich and famous just because they are obnoxious. We should not reward one with fame and fortune for being a complete jackass just because it is entertaining.
One girl on the Jersey Shore, whose name is Snooki, sums up the intelligence on everyone on the show; "That's why I don't eat lobster or anything like that because they're alive when you kill it." So many things are wrong with this statement and this girl is getting a book published.
It is a shame how the public is subjected to this stupidity and how many even encourage it. Parents should know that characters on a television show pose as role models for the young minds that watch them. America’s youth are mimicking what they see on the Jersey Shore which includes tanning, binge drinking, and womanizing. Any parent who allows their children to watch such shows should have their kids taken away from them.
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