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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ConnorSB" data-source="post: 1268473" data-attributes="member: 14273">What I simply cannot understand is the appeal of reality tv, especially survivor. For one thing, there is no way that reality tv is actually real, because people's actions are always tainted by the knowledge that they are on camera. I mean, sure, some people have the jewels to just be themselves, completly and utterly, on camera, but that too taints the video. Basically everyone on reality tv is either "acting for the camera," or is themselves in no way an average person, as the average person would never bare thier souls on camera.So in the sense of reality tv as some sort of drama show, it is in no way real.Secondly, a bunch of the reality tv shows basically put thier players in situtations that would never, ever occur in real life. Like survivor. In real life, no one would kick each other off a deserted island. I watched the very first episode of survivor, thinking it might actually be somehow accurate to real life, where everyone hunts and fishes and gathers berries and tries to, well, survive nature.And the first person they kick out is the ex-marine: the only one among them who could actually "survive" in a real life ship wreck. That soured me for the whole show, and I just stopped watching.But... why do people watch reality tv if it isn't at all real? If it was reality tv, it would be a show about taking boring commutes to your sort of boring job, and then going to home depot to compare paint chips for the kitchen ceiling. not voting people off some mythical island, where you have to make your own food and starve, despite the fact that the entire camera crew around you is basically on vacation, staying at nice hotels and eating big dinners...I just don't get it.Connor</blockquote>

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