Reality Television

Reality Television

               Reality television has captured the attention of many viewers around the world.  Unfortunately, half of the viewer’s today are underage children who looked up to those celebrities on TV.  Some give positive influences, but majority of them, from my experience, give negative influences to others.  Personally, I’m not really interested in reality television shows.  To me, I find them extremely boring and pointless.  I don’t understand what makes reality shows like “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, “Jersey Shore”, “The Real World” really entertaining.  “Jersey Shore” has people grinding on each other; random people do one night stands, alcohol assumption, and vulgar language.  “Jersey Shore” influences others to have sex with a random person or drink alcohol because it’s a trend apparently.  Another show I watched a few years ago is called “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila,” which is by far the worst reality television I have ever seen in my life, in my opinion at least.  This show is similar to another reality television series “The Bachelor” except it is bisexual-themed reality dating show, with contestants trying to capture the affection and attention of the host, Tila Tequila (I have nothing against bisexuality or homosexuality by the way).  Not only does this reality television show expose alcohol, sex, and foul language, but it shows the wrong idea of what love is.  Apparently sleeping with numerous partners to find a significant other is a sign of showing love and affection, according to this show.  When I watch shows like this, all I see is people starting pointless arguments, so much alcohol consumption, one night stands, and other negative outlooks.  I usually think that the overly dramatic persona of celebrities is fake and scripted.  There’s no way that the way they act is real.  But unfortunately, the overly dramatic persona’s catches the eyes of viewers.  I tried to think of what makes people look up to them and what makes them so entertaining to watch.  Reality shows are intoxicating the minds of not only adults, but children as well.  Children idolize celebrities like Snooki and Kim Kardashian, so they try to imitate their actions based on what they do in television.  Honestly, I find it quite scary just the thought of children today is acting like “grown-ups” and doing adult activities at such a young age.  I sometimes ask myself, is this the generation we are going to trust in the future?

               For me, I try my best to avoid watching horrible reality television shows.  In fact, I try to avoid watching TV in general, unless it has something to do with sports or an interesting television series like American Horror Story or Breaking Bad for example.  I’m the type of person who’s into movies and shows with a good plot.  If I’m looking for a show that can fulfill my satisfaction, I usually go online and look for good anime’s to watch.  The reason why I prefer anime is because each anime has a unique plot.  Anime’s have plot that are original and don’t exist in pop culture.  Unlike the characters from any mainstream television series, you can easily get attached to these characters that they can potentially break your heart, and that doesn’t usually happen to me.  I just wish shows like this would get noticed more and give younger audiences a positive perspective.