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March 27, 2007, 7:35 am PDT

It's not MY desire!

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I wish I could say this show shocked or even surprised me, but it didn't.  Reality television is a true plague in this country.  It combines the lust for fame with the desire for money and the desire of the public to reach consistently new lows in "entertainment".  Someone made a reference to the movie "The Running Man".  That is a frighteningly appropriate comparison to where our "entertainment" is going.  But, before we criticize the people who appear on these shows or the ones who create and produce them, we'd better look at the audience.  If the public was not so consumed by these shows, there would be no money in putting them on the air.  It is OUR desire for the sexier. the more frightening,  the more morbid and the more degenerate that is the driving force behind these money making hit shows. 

Believe it or not, people are turning off television....the movies, etc.

 

Due to the demand and popularity of family movies, Hollywood (as I call it...Hollyweird) is beginning to give the audiences what they want...more "G" rated movies. Television will have to evolve (it's been de-evolving) to survive. The more ratings decline, the more the producers will come to realize that some things are just NOT acceptable.

 

I still can't get over how many parents ALLOW their young children, pre-teens and teens to watch CRAPOLA on TV. We monitor VERY closely what our kids watch and the amount of time is also quite limited. This goes for the computer as well. When it boils down to it, it's the parents responsibility to TURN OFF THE TV in the house and turn ON healthier activities!
 
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March 27, 2007, 8:16 am PDT

03/27 Fifteen Minutes of Fame

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I wish I could say this show shocked or even surprised me, but it didn't.  Reality television is a true plague in this country.  It combines the lust for fame with the desire for money and the desire of the public to reach consistently new lows in "entertainment".  Someone made a reference to the movie "The Running Man".  That is a frighteningly appropriate comparison to where our "entertainment" is going.  But, before we criticize the people who appear on these shows or the ones who create and produce them, we'd better look at the audience.  If the public was not so consumed by these shows, there would be no money in putting them on the air.  It is OUR desire for the sexier. the more frightening,  the more morbid and the more degenerate that is the driving force behind these money making hit shows. 
 You are so right, for as long as we have millions of idiots watching these types of shows, we will continue to have people willing to make them. I have never been able to figure out their appeal. But I would guess I would have to watch them first and that I don't do.
 
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March 29, 2007, 5:13 am PDT

I actually thought I had become desensitized.

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I wish I could say this show shocked or even surprised me, but it didn't.  Reality television is a true plague in this country.  It combines the lust for fame with the desire for money and the desire of the public to reach consistently new lows in "entertainment".  Someone made a reference to the movie "The Running Man".  That is a frighteningly appropriate comparison to where our "entertainment" is going.  But, before we criticize the people who appear on these shows or the ones who create and produce them, we'd better look at the audience.  If the public was not so consumed by these shows, there would be no money in putting them on the air.  It is OUR desire for the sexier. the more frightening,  the more morbid and the more degenerate that is the driving force behind these money making hit shows. 
I have often said to my husband through the years that "nothing shocks me anymore". I can remember when Sat.NightLive first came on t.v. I would watch it and say"I can't believe they're sayin' that! Now I'm not blaming SNL,but in the years since, so many things have changed that I have become used to it.(or thought I had) SNL seems tame now. It just seems like there would have to be something wrong with a person's thinking process to be willing to do pretty much anything to be "famous."
 
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