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Post by Aravis on Dec 4, 2004 18:31:02 GMT -5
When will they cancel that show? or Thank God it's gone.
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Post by Aravis on Jan 4, 2005 1:29:08 GMT -5
Two abysmal shows that should be stopped before they start are Who's Your Daddy?(unfortunately began tonight. I did not watch) and Wickedly Perfect, the show that gives Martha Stewart-wannabes the chance to eventually stand trial for their own insider trading piccadillos. This one may actually be (unintentionally) funny... Update: I forgot about Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search. From the commercials I have seen, the people running the shoot are completely insane, and so are the models for putting themselves through that. |
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Post by Nulla on Jan 4, 2005 9:03:16 GMT -5
amen to all of that, Aravis!... I can't fathom the attraction of these so-called "reality" shows... is our mass mind permanently stuck on idle?
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Post by Aravis on Jan 5, 2005 1:30:43 GMT -5
I wonder if in part their popularity lies in their ability to make viewers feel better about their own lives. Another reprehensible reality show that I forgot to mention earlier is The Will. In this lovely show, 10 friends and family members of rancher/land developer Bill Long compete to be deemed the most deserving heir and win the deed to his beloved ranch. Follow the link to see what these prize seekers look like for yourselves. This is all so very, very sad.  |
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Post by Wyndham on Jan 5, 2005 10:56:07 GMT -5
Reality shows. I LOATHE them. My wife, alas, is an afficionado: every day has its show. The Apprentice (I'd gouge my eyes out before I watched an episode  ), Survivor VI Afghanistan (or whatever), Biggest Loser, Fear Factor (  ) so it goes. She followed one, once, like the Batchelor, except that dwarves were solely involved (like Snow White according to Burbank). Believe it was called 'the Littlest Groom'. Fox of course. Oh so many! So much trash. Sooner or later the tube will be reality shows, Jerry Springer wanna-bes, and cartoons. That's all. Don't cost anything to make. Amazes me how people on Springer will confess to the vilest things for a bus ticket to Chicago. |
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Post by RobertGraves on Jan 5, 2005 14:35:39 GMT -5
As I've mentioned before, I watch very little Drama or bad tv - haven't time. However, SURVIVOR is the one nod I make to bad tv - it is brilliant. The editing and music are fantastic, the locations stunning but that is not enough to keep me viewing. The overall concept - a bunch of Yanks starving on an island and revealing how dumb and shallow they can be - is more than sick enough to entice me each week. It is brilliantly conceived and only marred by the squeamish refusal of the producers to permit challenges that result in death and not allowing Survivors to carry guns or make appropriately primitive weapons. Survivor Afghanistan would be no good because - as most Americans know? - is a landlocked country with no beaches. Survivor Persian Gulf might work but I suggest Burma as the next location. The despotic government would be keen to make a deal with the producers and paramilitary raids on the camps organised.
Wyndham, Survivor is an acquired taste and may well not be worth it but as someone who was a cynic, I suggest you watch the next one from the start to appreciate the first and best of the reality programs.
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), Survivor VI Afghanistan (or whatever), Biggest Loser, Fear Factor ( 
) so it goes. She followed one, once, like the Batchelor, except that dwarves were solely involved (like Snow White according to Burbank). Believe it was called 'the Littlest Groom'. Fox of course.
