Reality television, I never really cared for it. I'm not sure why there’s a Real Housewives D.C. when the Liberals and Conservatives have had their own Dog-and-Pony show for so long. But, oops, I'm rambling.
For ALL you reality TV fans out there who like to see The Situation’s abs or the fist fights, how about bombings? Yes, G4 is now promoting a new show (inspired by the movie “The Hurt Locker”) for this spring where cameras follow American troops as they watch them disarm a bomb or let it EXPLODE and kill them.
The spokeswoman also emphasized on the killing part because they know that the killing of American troops on camera will really punch in those ratings.
This is the doomsday for T.V. If I had to choose between Levi Johnston’s show and this show I'm choosing the boring Levi. Maybe I'm wrong on this one, but I'd rather watch an over confident man who will never achieve anything be on television show than watching REAL American soldiers get blown up. I probably wouldn't be bothered by a actual documentation of a camera crew following soldiers to see them disarm bombs or meet their demise. I personally wouldn't watch it, but I wouldn't speak out against it.
However, when I see a television station plugging this show and emphasizing the bomb exploding, killing the soldiers for pure profit and ratings, then yes I have a problem. There’s no plug along the lines of “Let’s see what it's like to be in this war or just talking about disarming the bomb”. No, they went full swing with the intention of showing these soldiers blow up.
Just for profit and revolutionizing reality TV. This is awful to me.
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