It was a lot of interesting things that I've learned while dealing with the topic of reality shows. I enjoyed every aspect of the study of reality shows. Before actually looking into reality shows I believe that I looked at some of my favorite reality shows different from what I do now. In a way I do admire the work that the producers go through when choosing people to do a reality show. They have to go through a lot because they have to of course produce a show that is worth watching.
I never sat down and paid much attention to reality shows. Once I started looking at reality shows I noticed that they all have something in common. That one thing would be the drama. Every reality show that is shown on television has drama involved. No television viewer wants to watch a television show without drama; it wouldn't be interesting at all.
When I look at the world of celebrities I have noticed that they are of a cult. Every celebrity has a reality show. If they don't they aren't much of a celebrity. Not all celebrity reality shows are on television. There are a lot of celebrities that have web shows, or they just do web chats with their fans. I think that reality shows are the way of the world.
Now I will view reality shows as a difficult process for the people that are actually behind the scenes. I won't think little of the poeple doing the work for the camera, but I will see them as overexaggerating everything. When something goes wrong in the reality show I will always question whether it just happened or was it planned. I think I will analyze every reality show that I see now just because I have been studying them since I started this class.
It seems like some celebrities to restart their career by having a reality series. It is amazing how everyday people become celebrities by being on these types of shows like "Jersey Shore and "Road Rules". MTV is really good about making reality stars out of ordinary people. Elizabeth Hasselback is the only one I can really think of that has embraced being a celebrity, but yet still has that ordinary everyday quality. She was on one of the first Survivor's. I wonder how long reality tv will last? I think we as a society enjoy peering into other peoples lives and watching the "drama" unfold. It certainly makes for interesting television. I think the producers know how to pick the right people and create the right amount of drama.
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