Tommie Sandlin
CibbuanoI'm not here to make friends
July 14th 2008 10:09
With the explosion of reality TV, we've been forced to sit through hours worth of confessionals, when the stone-faced player tells us how it is and how it's going to be.
Reality TV gets its addictiveness from the sheer humanity on display... all the basic emotions are present: joy, anger, jealousy. Oh, how we like the jealousy.
We like to see the interaction, and it's only normal that people forced to sit together will make bonds with their fellow players. Inevitably, though, they realize that it's an artificial situation and decide to play the game like a game.
Fourfour made a brilliant video using clips of reality TV programming, when a player comes clean and admits the most cliched sentiment: I'm not here to make friends.
I'm not here to make friends. You! Throw money at my sarcastic blog post! I demand it!
One commenter realizes:
Reality TV gets its addictiveness from the sheer humanity on display... all the basic emotions are present: joy, anger, jealousy. Oh, how we like the jealousy.
We like to see the interaction, and it's only normal that people forced to sit together will make bonds with their fellow players. Inevitably, though, they realize that it's an artificial situation and decide to play the game like a game.
I'm not here to make friends. You! Throw money at my sarcastic blog post! I demand it!
One commenter realizes:
"It's funny, cliché as it is, it wasn't until about halfway through this that I realised just how fucked up that sentiment is. Like friends are not important or something. And like winning a reality tv show is."
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Comment by Lilla
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Nothing bores me more than reality TV, because it is not reality... no one is the same when the camera is on, to when it is off, no one.
Lilla ...