NO MORE REALITY TV SHOWS! March 15, 2010
Posted by carlrosen in The Decline Of Civilization As We Know It.Tags: kirstie alley, reality tv, television
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Please forgive me for sounding bitter, but I am confident there are tens of thousands of you out there in blogland who will not only agree with me, but will pump your fists in the air and scream,”YEAH, CARL! RIGHT ON, CARL!” OK, don’t overdo it.
I have never been a fan of “reality” shows. From “Cops,” to “Kirsty Alley’s Big Fat Washed-Up Ass,” I just don’t think that these shows are in any way “real” entertainment and do not display any real talent. I am certain that the thousands of displaced Screen Actors Guild members will agree with me. Like these real talented people need another barrier in their way. It’s hard enough to find an acting gig without the likes of “Big Brother,” “Survivior,” “Billy The Punk Exterminator,” “The Real Psychic Hoarders Of Orange County,” “Project Runway” and the dozens of other low budget, lowest common denominator catering exploits taking attention away from the actual talented actors and actresses who deserve to be seen.
It’s our own fault for being such a collection of morbidly curious voyeurs. Let’s watch “Intervention!” Hey! Isn’t that the show where the high school chemistry teacher cooks crystal meth? No No No! “Breaking Bad” is a REAL show with REAL actors who get paid REAL money and REALLY have REAL talent! You were wanting to watch the show where a couple of low-paid camera techs barge into someone’s home promising that their “loved one” (or hopeless junkie) will receive $5,000.00 worth of rehab FREE in exchange for parading the family’s bleak, agonizingly humiliating hellish situation in front of the entire cable viewing public. Now THAT’S entertainment! Screw 30 ROCK, The Simpsons and The Daily Show. I wanna see writhing crack addicts destroying their lives and the lives of their families. Fire up the microwave popcorn!
The final straw in all of this was the latest in a series of desperate attempts for Hollywood’s washed up has-beens to resurrect their flagging careers a la “The Two Corey’s,” “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” and “Jewel’s Family Gene Simmons.” That last one’s a real shame since I always liked her music. I also must admit that I did enjoy watching “The Real Badass Hootchie Mamas of Atlanta,” especially when they began to pull each other’s hair and slap each other around (better than the 3 Stooges). How in the world do you tell a young up-and-coming actor/actress that he/she actually will need talent, style, looks and grace in order to make it in show business, when you have overweight bimbos like Anna Nicole Smith (God rest her soul) and Kirstie Alley (God have mery on us) prancing around our flat screens like parade floats?
This is enough to make me watch MSNBC and even CSPAN-2. If I may quote Mr. Bruce Springsteen, “Fifty seven channels and nothing on..” only it’s more like 236 digital HD channels and nothing but sorry-ass fat, talentless prime time rejects on. While I’m on this rant, how many of you have had enough of JAY LENO?
