Dear Reality TV-
I have to admit years ago with the first Real World you brought me back to television. The last time I had really watched TV with any zeal was when Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley were numbers one and two in the ratings. I was so over sitcom television and you got me back on board.
Now here is the problem reality television- you are no longer reality. You have become a glorified sitcom. Like the sitcom of days gone by you are following a certain format. Remember the sitcom story line of "a very special" blah blah blah episode? Or those zany sitcom episodes where someone gets bumped on the head and turns obnoxious and everyone has to cope until the next bump on the head comes. Reality TV, I'm sick of your crazy cast members that scream and rant and rave like they are having a breakdown. Of course the teasers are spliced together so that we believe people are screaming at people they don't even talk too and we tune into see the next explosion or meltdown. You're lying to us Reality TV. None of this is real spontantious action. You're like professional wrestling now and it's just as tacky and fake.
On this season's MTV Gauntlet, they are actually reinacting the same fight between, Beth, Robin and Mark as last seasons. Didn't Beth get her clothes thrown in a pool last season after unleashing her "unrehearsed" gossip? What's in store for that zany blabber mouth Beth this season, physical harm?
Celebrity Fit Club, Breaking Bonaduce as well as Being Bobby Brown are all about people who are one step away from be hospitalized. Drugs, alcohol, and eating disorders are the new sitcom. Trouble is these are mean spirited and misguided in the lack of information they provide about addiction. The Fonz had his catch phrases and Laverne had her milk and pepsi, but these programs are just all about shock and awe.
Reality TV, after last nights Project Runway dismissal of Daniel Franco in return for keeping arrogant egomanical Santino, I have to say I am really done with you. It was the last straw for me, RT. Evil won out over goodness- Darth Vader whipped Lukes ass and I lost all respect for what was once a cool show. Looks like my evenings will be free again.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth R. Fine