Reality T.V. downfall
So this weekend i began watching Paris Hilton's My New BFF and i realized that this was the new low for American society. The mere concept of the show is completely ridiculous, have 16 random girls abandon their lives for three months so that a girl ten times richer( and therefore better) than them can humiliate each one with absurd challenges, title one of them as her new best friend, and abandon them when she realizes that she has a million friends that didn't have to compete for her attention. Yet sadly I became addicted within the first ten minutes of watching raper Dirt Nasty sexually harass each girl so Paris could determine who was the most desperate for male attention.
Ten years ago, shows like this didn't exist, but somewhere down the line Americans became obsessed with the degradation of their fellow man. My question is where do you draw the line between funny and immoral? I think it's pretty safe to say that some of the same people that run around calling others "fags" and "dikes" are in fact running home at seven o'clock to watch Tila Tequila makeout with boys and girls to see which sex she would prefer to date for the next two weeks. The same people saying that marriage is sacred are nearly peeing their pants to watch fourteen large chested women compete to marry a man they have spent around 17 hours with total. Now is this hypocrisy or just media brain washing.
Now-a-days it seems like if the t.v. tells you something is okay, then it is. I'm not going to deny my love for many of these terrible shows because Flavor of Love and The Hills are some of my favorite pass times. However, I can't help but feel utterly appalled by what our society has come to. Rather than watching the news, American youth would rather watch rich people tell us how cool it is to be rich and washed up celebrities dance to win money. I think we all need to reevaluate our priorities, because when the question of "Who is Paris Hilton going to choose to go shopping with today?" replaces "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?" then we are in trouble.
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good post
Haley,
I thought that this was an insightful post. My favorite line had to be:
I think we all need to reevaluate our priorities, because when the question of "Who is Paris Hilton going to choose to go shopping with today?" replaces "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?" then we are in trouble.
You closed your post with a strong, thought-provoking sentence. It made me want to reevaluate what I do during my days. I think you are a good writer... and you speak the truth.
Can't wait to see more.
Katie
scary stuff
It is a rather sad truth that there is a lot of garbage on t.v. today. And yet we find it amusing because...well, stupidity is funny, I suppose. And mass media is such a huge part of our culture you could almost consider it brainwash. And...it kind of scares me what people will put themselves through for money, when a good portion of it would go to taxes anyway. Priorities I guess.
"Ten years ago, shows like this didn't exist, but somewhere down the line Americans became obsessed with the degradation of their fellow man. My question is where do you draw the line between funny and immoral?" This and your closing line, are probably my favorite, because we are getting dangerously close to that line. Things that once would never even been considered to put on the air are springing up like weeds, and sometimes it's hard to tell when something is too much.
Good post, and an excellent point. :)
kelsey