Kayvia Thompson Professor Fuentes English 1102 February 5, 2014 Where s the !

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Pop #ulture has al$ays floo%e% our innovative so&iety, $hether it $ere in&ognito or 'ust oblivious to the na(e% eye, but it has in%ee% inva%e% our so&iety))) Espe&ially in the entertainment in%ustry) From this, a genre (no$n as *!eality T)+), $as establishe%) -s you may (no$, reality T)+), is basi&ally outrageous events, s&ripte% to (eep your .the au%ien&es/ attention an% to maintain your interest throughout the series) 0ut, my 1uestion to the pro%u&ers))) as $ell as the stars of the sho$s is, *When %o you a&tually %isplay the realness in the reality T)+) you &laim to air", !ather than airing ruthless entertainment trying to be&ome ri&h off of en%orsement pro%u&ts pla&e% in the sho$, $hy not a&tually sho$ the *real, in the reality T)+)" 2f &ourse, not every reality T)+) sho$ is going to be over %ramati3e% an% &ompletely full of &rap))) 0ut $here %o you %ra$ the line bet$een reality an% a&tuality" That is my biggest problem $hen it &omes to *reality T)+), With the $ay reality T)+) has e4pan%e% in our so&iety it ma(es it very %iffi&ult to (no$ $hat $ill a&tually be *reality, an% $hat is 'ust another *5ersey 6hore,) -n% by 5ersey 6hore 7 mean %oing absolutely nothing an% getting pai% for it) -s 7 ve state% previously not every sho$ is over %ramati3e% an% full of &rap, $hi&h brings me to my first e4ample of reality T)+) $hi&h is Teen 8om) -n% not the ne$er series, the original Teen 8om)) With 8a&i, #atelynn, Farrah, an% -mber) To me, it $as reality T)+), but it $asn t the nonsense that $e ve been seeing lately) They $eren t the type to have there life mo%ifie% as if having a (i% $as easy or the $orst thing 1

possible) Throughout the sho$ they sho$e% that they %i% have problems $ith their babies fathers, things %i% fall through an% you 'ust ha% to %eal $ith $hat you got yourself into) They basi&ally (ept the *real, in reality T)+) For #atelynn, it $as a &ompletely %ifferent e4perien&e9 6he %i%n t even get to raise her %aughter, #arly, be&ause she an% her boyfrien% Tyler put her up for a%option) 6he $ante% her to have a better life than anything she ha% ever e4perien&e%9 They $eren t fa&ing problems li(e Farrah an% the others but she still ha% problems) 6he sho$e% throughout the sho$ that she $ante% to (no$ $hat it $oul% be li(e if she $oul% have (ept #arly)) 6he has to go through the rest of her life (no$ing she gave the &hil% that she &arrie% a$ay to another family) #an you imagine years from no$, $hen #arly a&tually gets the opportunity to loo( ba&( on these episo%es an% see the har%ships her parents fa&e%" :o$ 7 m not saying that some parts of the sho$ may or may not have been s&ripte%))) 0ut $henever you &ompare it to the reality T)+) sho$s that $e have to%ay, you ll see that it is mu&h more realisti& than anything they broa%&ast to%ay) ;o$ever, other sho$s su&h as 5ersey 6hore, have people be&oming famous by %oing absolutely nothing) The 5ersey 6hore &ast is < guys an% < girls, also &alle% =ui%o s an% =ui%ette s) 8ainly they get %run(, party, %rin( some more, fight, tan, an% have se4) :o$ please, if you &an, e4plain to me ho$ this is anything li(e reality" The guys are meat hea%s obsesse% $ith their bo%y images) That in a sense may be ho$ some people are) 0ut other than that, $ho in reality lays aroun% all %ay %oing nothing but %rin(ing an% partying" 0oy, $oul%n t that be the life9 This sho$, 'ust li(e Teen 8om is aire% on 8T+, for all the young teenagers to see) :either one is the i%eal T)+) 6ho$ to $at&h, but $hen it &omes %o$n to it, $oul% you rather your teen $at&h a bun&h of se4 &rave% =ui%o s, or $oul% you rather them see that pregnan&y isn t all it s &ra&(e% up to be"

8y last point 7 have to ma(e about the not so reality in reality T)+) $oul% have to be the infamous Kar%ashian s) They are i%oli3e% for having money, but are they really talente%" 7f sleeping $ith men an% getting marrie% for >2 hours &ounts as famous, then by all means &ount them in) The publi& to%ay $oul% rather see the Kar%ashian s struggle $ith problems li(e naming little :orth West) The most minute %etails are aire% in this sho$)) 7f you ta(e a loo( aroun% The Kar%shian s live in a mansion, but yet, they have troubles $ith $hat to name their &hil%ren9 To them, a mansion may not be mu&h of anything, but they still fail to reali3e $hat is a&tually important) 7t is reality T)+) an% again 7 ll pose the 1uestion an% as( $here s the reality in it" They have that *get ri&h 1ui&(, s&heme embe%%e% into their brain an% honestly, it gets pretty patheti&) They $ill %o anything it ta(es to their name out, even if that mean *lea(e%, se4 tapes) What happene% to the times $hen you $ante% the publi& to (no$ ho$ %iffi&ult life $as" That $ent a$ay 1ui&(ly, huh" 2verall, 7 really still %on t (no$ ho$ to feel about reality T)+) ?es, they falsify some of the things they air but $hy" 7t seems as if &elebrities are so fo&use% on sho$ing everyone that they are normal li(e the rest of us that they forget $ho they really are) 7s it $orth it to air something fa(e an% get money, if you re losing your true self in the pro&ess" ;ave they ever thought about $hat they $ere %oing to the ones $ho i%oli3e% them" !eality T)+) $ith all its pointless mansions, &ra3y &elebrities, an% get ri&h 1ui&( s&hemes is 'ust a beautiful %isaster)