Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Reality TV is the lowest common denominator

Today, I thought I would start out with something inane.

TV.MSN.com has a story about the worst dating show ever. It's called "Rock of Love".

The show stars Brett Michael, lead singer of '80's and '90's hair band Poison. He's irritating for nothing more than his open-mouthed "sexy" pout he adopts in all his pictures. He may be a cool guy, but come on?

This show highlights where the talent-less go when their ego need for attention exceeds their ability and taste.

Just like with Tila Tequila, this show is based on a faulty premise: If poor old Brett finds love, then the show goes off the air. Where's the incentive to find love?

There isn't any because everyone that participates on the show is only looking for their 15 minutes of fame, regardless of the utter lack of discretion they display.

This is me being judgmental, but these types of shows are lowest common denominator television. Those that make television shows are guaranteed at least a certain number of people will watch whatever they put up, just because it's on the boob tube. So, they put up the worst, life-wasting sort of crap possible.

Thank God for Tivo, so I can delete this stuff from my life.

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