Vh1's "reality" programming is anything but. Instead, the shows seem to bubble to the surface from the depths of a bottomless cesspool of greed, confusion, humiliation, and fame, manufactured to provoke the worst in people. Seen this way, the shows seem more like cruel anthropological experiments--human soul-testing. Under guises of life-altering, redemtion-boot camps, shows like Charm School and From G's to Gents claim to offer their contestants chances to change their destructive qualities, all these shows really do is put a bunch of people with emotional problems together in a house with a lot of alcohol and let the cameras roll. The means may not be all that agreeable (or tasteful), but the ends certainly offer some insight into our species' low psychological potential.
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mercredi 7 janvier 2009
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