Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Reality Of Unreality...When Unreality Is...Reality...?

Reality. Reality television...reality or reality...or unreality...?

When does reality become...reality...or...unreality...?


You know, if you know me...I fuckin' hate reality tv shows...most of them at least. Pointless shows that are...pointless. And stupid as fuck! Why make a show that's so stupid...but yet people enjoy them? Shit...I don't get it. But I think it's beyond just pleasure, humor, and entertainment...

I believe that reality tv shows are a distraction to the outside reality that we all live in...Yes, I know we need distractions from negative things sometimes, but...I don't know..."reality" tv shows...? C'mon! It's like everyone's guilty pleasure. Like I said before, I dislike most of them...but a few aren't bad, to be honest. But...how many do you think those shows are scripted? Is that really reality? Shit...reality has taken a whole new meaning...it's takin' over!

Speaking of which...remember...MTV...? Or how about VH1...? WHAT THE HELL HAPPEND TO THOSE, MAN!!?? I remember growing up I used to watch music videos like no tomorrow...dancing, singing, bobbin' my head to the music...those times were the shit! Now...reality has taken over those networks. MTV isn't MTV anymore...More like "RTV"...And who soon followed the reality bandwagon? VH1...and all the other networks I'm sure we all know. I'm upset...I'm disappointed...pissed is a better term. Sad. It's all been gone...

A distraction you say? Yes. Why need such a distraction like reality shows? It's a cover-up to what's going outside our homes...the reality outside. Yeah...maybe a cover-up or denial to the negative reality...and the enjoyment of positive reality. Can't we just go out and enjoy each others company...instead of watching crap on tv? Let's enjoy our lives and not the lives of people on the tube! Who cares about them...It's funny how every week we care so much about other peoples lives in reality tv shows, when we don't care about our own lives. We, too, are our own distractions...are own cover-ups and denials...What happend to those times that were ill? Those are gone, too...

Alright...I don't want to keep dragging you here...who knows, maybe you closed this window because you don't want to read something like this...you probably expected somethin' interesting to read, or just don't care...or even went to another site, like Facebook, MySpace, etc., etc., or hell...maybe watch some REALITY TV before you got to this paragraph...So, I'm just going to leave you with this...and be thinking on your own. Tell me guys what you're thinking...I know there's gotta be someone there that feels me on this one...

comments/feedbacks/opinions would be appreciated...


Peace, ya'll...

b.

2 comments:

  1. Brian, I can honestly agree with you. Everyday i would wake up to watch music videos on vh1, but now, it's whatever. mtv and vh1 gave up on REAL music. television gave up on making REAL shows. pretty much, the whole REALness in everything, is not so REAL.

    but for you.. keep keeping it real.

    alq<3

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