I'm definitely guilty of falling into the reality television trap (Big Brother, anyone?). I love it and it's definitely a guilty pleasure of mine but can we really distinguish what is real and what is fake on these shows?
The series finale of the Hills summed this up perfectly. Cue tear jerker ending with a video montage of things that had happened seasons past. All of a sudden, we see Brody and Kristen leave the set leaving us with the question, was it all fake? Lo Bosworth assured us on her website, The Lo Down that is in fact real.
Recent magazine articles on this season's Bachlorette have left us wondering what the producers have fabricated and what wasn't. I mean c'mon, is Frank really that paranoid if he just left Ali for another woman? I don't think so.
I guess the beauty of something called "Reality Television" is that we need to realize that it is television. Television means Hollywood and we know nothing there is ever real.
I guess that's what bugs me about "reality" television... it's supposed to be these real people's lives, but it's all staged and scripted. What's the point?
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