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He is seen in the likeness above in a rare, 19th century woodcut. This
image was rumoured to have been
commissioned after a bout of unpleasantness
in the White Chapel district of London. Do enjoy your stay and peruse our many, varied offerings, much of which cannot be found elsewhere!
:: Today's soundtrack: Tears for Fears "Mad World" ::
I watch my fair share of TV, I suppose. I mean, I only get very basic cable and that's only about 20 channels so often times there isn't much on. If I were to get the Cartoon Network in my cable package, heaven help me I would never leave the house. As long as I had someone to bring me magazines and pudding and turn me over to avoid sores every few hours I'd sure be content. But, with pretty much only the main network television, it limits my options.
Well, I must say I've noticed a steady decline in network TV over the past couple of years which seems due to the steady increase in "reality" programming. Unless its the news or Cops, I don't even see how they can call it "reality" TV really. 90% of them are game shows you ninnies. Including cameras in on their living conditions is part of the game, not their really real lives. People on the shows get to continue playing based on how well they interact with other players. Let's face it; players are voted out based on whether or not the others like you not how well your doing at the game.
Not included in the game shows of reality television would be Real World on Mtv. OK, we get a bunch of people with conflicting personalities living together and we watch. Why, why, why? I think part of the point of television is to escape reality. Why would I want to watch peoples day to day lives? And can you even call this "reality" anyways? I mean I sure as heck don't get my living conditions in a posh flat in an exotic location provided for me for free. These people's jobs are to look pretty and fight on camera. Not exactly typical of the actual real world now is it?
And now the worst of the bunch: any and all reality shows on Fox. Again, these are mostly game shows. Except they're Fox's extra cruel brand of game where we play with people's lives! Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire and Joe Millionaire for example. Let's have America choose who people will marry! Let's trick women who are gold digging sluts into marrying some schmoe we've dressed in rich men's clothes who actually has no money but its funny because the women are gold digging sluts and there is no gold!
Also on Fox: American Idol. A sign of the Apocalypse if ever there was one. I really hate pasteurized corporate prepackaged pop music to begin with. This not only promises the most bland music as the out come, but it encourages the young kids of today that this is what they should strive for and accept as good music. It just makes part of the goodness and originality in folks wither and die.
The worst of the worst: Temptation Island. Is there any point to this show besides hoping to catch hard core screwing on tape? Oh yes, and then show the screwing that person's significant other, make them break down and cry and get revenge by screwing some one else on tape. I think I'm with Marge Simpson on this: "The Fox network turned into a hard core porn channel so gradually I hardly even noticed!"
I don't know why reality TV seems to be the hit the networks want us to believe it apparently is. Every time its on it makes me want to turn the set off and... and... read a goddamn book. I suppose if this is the outcome elsewhere as well, maybe it will do some good by encouraging people to turn of their TVs and actually experience actual reality.
William (a figment of your
collective consciousness)
