Sunday, June 28, 2009
A Few Thoughts on Television
I couldn't help myself, so I took a peek at the latest version of MTV's Real World, which is in Cancun. At a certain point in time, MTV seemed to select "the roommates" by taking people who had interesting looks, ambitious career goals, and uncontrolled rage. Now it seems like you have to be a supermodel with weird name (uncontrolled rage optional). This particular cast includes includes Ayiiiya, Bronne, Emilee, and Jonna, almost none of which are pronounced as you might imagine.
The mysterious "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" seemed to be on every night while I was getting ready to go to the gym two weeks ago. This show confused me on a number of levels. First, there were barely any celebrities on the show, which featured a budding friendship between former NBA player John Sally and Rod Blagojevich's wife. Seriously. There is also the curious presence of Lou Diamond Phillips, who seemingly came out of nowhere to do this show. The strangest part to me is that everyone seems to take the game VERY seriously and better yet, seem to be genuinely impressed with themselves for "making it so far" through the game. Keep in mind, the game consists largely of the contestants hanging out in the jungle, while people call into the show and arbitrarily voting to which celebrity to keep and which to eliminate, with the ultimate prize being a donation made to the charity of the winner's choice. Despite this, you hear the psuedo-celebs throwing around phrases like "amazing performace", "so proud of how tough I've been", "incredible determination", "honored to be in the final four", etc. When the prize is going to somebody's charity no matter what, I can't imagine it would be devastating to lose (No! Don't cure cancer! Let's cure AIDS! This is a nightmare!).
I think my favorite new show is Silent Library, which is a game show set in a library, where the contestants have to perform stunts/take punishment without making too much noise. The decibels are measured on the bottom corner of the screen. It is clearly the high school sophomore in me that finds these ridiculous stunts amusing, but I'm afraid that sophomore will never go away.
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The mysterious "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" seemed to be on every night while I was getting ready to go to the gym two weeks ago. This show confused me on a number of levels. First, there were barely any celebrities on the show, which featured a budding friendship between former NBA player John Sally and Rod Blagojevich's wife. Seriously. There is also the curious presence of Lou Diamond Phillips, who seemingly came out of nowhere to do this show. The strangest part to me is that everyone seems to take the game VERY seriously and better yet, seem to be genuinely impressed with themselves for "making it so far" through the game. Keep in mind, the game consists largely of the contestants hanging out in the jungle, while people call into the show and arbitrarily voting to which celebrity to keep and which to eliminate, with the ultimate prize being a donation made to the charity of the winner's choice. Despite this, you hear the psuedo-celebs throwing around phrases like "amazing performace", "so proud of how tough I've been", "incredible determination", "honored to be in the final four", etc. When the prize is going to somebody's charity no matter what, I can't imagine it would be devastating to lose (No! Don't cure cancer! Let's cure AIDS! This is a nightmare!).
I think my favorite new show is Silent Library, which is a game show set in a library, where the contestants have to perform stunts/take punishment without making too much noise. The decibels are measured on the bottom corner of the screen. It is clearly the high school sophomore in me that finds these ridiculous stunts amusing, but I'm afraid that sophomore will never go away.
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