Reality Shows - Are they REAL ?
For a decade, we are witnessing this new form of entertainment called "Reality shows".
The people who are unaware of what a reality show is, can google it or if I can briefly put it, It's an episodic telecast on a theme with a prize money involved that would be handed to the one winner chosen from the number of candidates who are real people, not any fictional characters.
So, this concept from the west hit the east and many reality shows having concept of relationship, survival, dating, road trip, dance, singing and many other started to telecast on various channels making the TRPs going up and how! Reality shows still create a great craze among people with their regular and periodic arrivals picking up seasons.
Though at first, these shows had audience attention, but after a while, things started to degrade in terms of standard and quality. People still watch them that to in a very large number but intellectual audience simply made their exit from them way back. The shows that established themselves as brands has now begun to introduce ridiculous concepts each new season making the low IQ audience go gaga over the show but pissing off people like me to a notch higher.
Reality shows today involve daily shop melodramas, slangs, unnecessary fights, violence, abuses, derogatory remarks and plain nonsense jabbers that simply irritates an audience who is looking for content. Though I am not any saint like human who believes all these above stuff are affecting the society especially teenagers in an awful way, which is to a large extent true because the kids these days have a different opinion all together about being cool but my point is different which says whatever comes organically, that must be shown whether people like it or not because that's what the candidates are in real but plotting scripts and planning screen plays for the participants and expect them to deliver real performances are anyways caught by us.
For the sake of money spinning returns, now television has opened its doors to reality shows more than any other programs because such shows have popular faces as judges, anchors who can make you laugh hysterically, participants having a troubled backstory, a talent show with a small span of one to three months, a dose of emotions involving pertinent yet complex issues of the particulars and every other nitty-gritties that makes it an entertainer for whole large set of audience. Reality shows are doing remarkably well in India specifically for tapping the roots of us, emotions. From shows like Roadies, Splits Villa, Big boss, Indian Idol, India's got talent, Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and many other, we derived nothing but masala entertainment, the ugly sides of people (Read - Television Personas) and the over dramatic judges and their stands and differences with the co-judges.
My question is -
Are we really this dumb not to be able to see how stupid these shows are?
Do you really need to know how nasty celebrities are in real whom we idolize?
Does my kid has/need to learn and know the whole "Slangs stuff" by the age of 10?
Why the small little things need to be spiced up well when presented in a reality show ?
Is it really something that enriches us, as its getting regular telecast and a large viewership?
I am not against REALITY shows as they give platforms to commoners to showcase their talent, but they should be more REAL than what they show.
What you all think???
The people who are unaware of what a reality show is, can google it or if I can briefly put it, It's an episodic telecast on a theme with a prize money involved that would be handed to the one winner chosen from the number of candidates who are real people, not any fictional characters.
So, this concept from the west hit the east and many reality shows having concept of relationship, survival, dating, road trip, dance, singing and many other started to telecast on various channels making the TRPs going up and how! Reality shows still create a great craze among people with their regular and periodic arrivals picking up seasons.
Though at first, these shows had audience attention, but after a while, things started to degrade in terms of standard and quality. People still watch them that to in a very large number but intellectual audience simply made their exit from them way back. The shows that established themselves as brands has now begun to introduce ridiculous concepts each new season making the low IQ audience go gaga over the show but pissing off people like me to a notch higher.
Reality shows today involve daily shop melodramas, slangs, unnecessary fights, violence, abuses, derogatory remarks and plain nonsense jabbers that simply irritates an audience who is looking for content. Though I am not any saint like human who believes all these above stuff are affecting the society especially teenagers in an awful way, which is to a large extent true because the kids these days have a different opinion all together about being cool but my point is different which says whatever comes organically, that must be shown whether people like it or not because that's what the candidates are in real but plotting scripts and planning screen plays for the participants and expect them to deliver real performances are anyways caught by us.
For the sake of money spinning returns, now television has opened its doors to reality shows more than any other programs because such shows have popular faces as judges, anchors who can make you laugh hysterically, participants having a troubled backstory, a talent show with a small span of one to three months, a dose of emotions involving pertinent yet complex issues of the particulars and every other nitty-gritties that makes it an entertainer for whole large set of audience. Reality shows are doing remarkably well in India specifically for tapping the roots of us, emotions. From shows like Roadies, Splits Villa, Big boss, Indian Idol, India's got talent, Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and many other, we derived nothing but masala entertainment, the ugly sides of people (Read - Television Personas) and the over dramatic judges and their stands and differences with the co-judges.
My question is -
Are we really this dumb not to be able to see how stupid these shows are?
Do you really need to know how nasty celebrities are in real whom we idolize?
Does my kid has/need to learn and know the whole "Slangs stuff" by the age of 10?
Why the small little things need to be spiced up well when presented in a reality show ?
Is it really something that enriches us, as its getting regular telecast and a large viewership?
I am not against REALITY shows as they give platforms to commoners to showcase their talent, but they should be more REAL than what they show.
What you all think???
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