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Saturday, August 04, 2018

Reality Teevee-ocracy

This is some pretty solid smackdown. I have nothing to add, except that the "boredom curve" is inversely proportional to the amount of attention paid. People who can binge-watch Bachelorette seasons without losing their lunch or giving themselves a trans-orbital lobotomy probably loooovvve this bullshit; the rest of us, not so much. I never cared much for Candid Camera back in the day, either -- funny for about three minutes, then it's like, I get it, what else ya got?

I said some fifteen years ago that "reality" teevee is for people who can't handle porn or Faces of Death. If anything, I think I may have understated the case a bit. If religion is the opiate of the masses, reality teevee is the fentanyl-laced heroin.

And it really isn't the outrage so much anymore, as the article in the link notes -- it's the sheer tedium of it all. Again, how much Senile Grandpa Smears Shit On The Walls can you watch?

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