My first observation is the one of everyone's mind (no not 'what ever happened to Ja Rule?')...'why is there so much trash on TV?'.
I am not only talking about the likes of Jersey and Geordie Shore where we seemingly watch a bunch of wasters get completely annihilated and act like utter morons, but also the likes of Big Brother and X Factor that give celebrity wannabes the platform to achieve their fifteen minutes of fame.
Trash TV is sometimes disguised by clever TV producers as Reality TV, and lets face it for how many of us is it a reality to get paid $5 million a year to live in New Jersey and get as drunk as physically possibly. Maybe this is the secret. Maybe this is why people love this awful TV so much...escapism. Ordinary people can watch these shows, see people (supposedly) like themselves and imagine they too could lead this 'celebrity' life and get paid millions for doing very little.
David Attenborough. Stephen Fry. Trevor McDonald. These are true legends of television. Hard working, intelligent people who have delivered quality broadcasting for years and years. So why is it that Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino and Joey Essex are the modern day heroes of television. What does the future hold when our role models own only a handful of brain cells between them? And finally the most intriguing question of them all...
...why am I about to sit down to watch Season 6 Episode 4 of Jersey Shore, having already watched all 61 previous episodes?
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