In a post below I mentioned my praise of Reality TV. And I stand by it. But one thing that irks me is television programs still trying to convince viewers of its "authenticity"... basically im trying to make a rant against the show "College Life" on MTV. Its tag line is that "This is not reality- THIS IS REAL"*.... GIVE ME A BREAK. I really hope people aren't falling for this!@$# No matter how young they are, I still have hope that the viewing audience realizes that this can't be any more "REAL" than any other reality show out there.
"College Life" gives college freshman a camera where they film themselves and blah blah blah stuff happens. EDITED stuff happens. I don't like this show for a variety of reasons (one of them being that I feel these kids are exposing secrets that should remain secrets about undergrad life...yes underage drinking is heavily prevalent- its a tradition that should be left alone and shouldn't be so blatantly revealed to higher authorities (i.e. parents)).
But anyways, how dare MTV try to undermine my intelligence and tell me this stuff is "REAL"!!! Whenever you give someone a camera or put them in front of it they will consciously or subconsciously avoid putting the most horrible things about themselves out there. True, this show may not be as scripted as others, but that does not give it the right to label itself as being "real"!
I found an interesting article by Mike Vilensky for NYU Local criticizing "College Life" which I think is pretty funny and addresses the crappiness of the show quite well, but it does little to criticize the supposed "authenticity" of the show and he puts it in a separate category from "fake-reality" shows. That's where I think the author is wrong. I would lump them all into one giant "THIS ISNT REAL" category.
And because MTV tried to force its "THIS IS REAL" line in my face- I would also lump this show into the "THINGS ON TV THAT SUCK" category.
- Ari Maz
*for those of you who followed this link- I have no idea why someone would go through the trouble of taping the commercial to this show off their TV... but thank you to that person for having too much time on their hands!
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