Reality TV

After watching my weekly guilty pleasure of reality T.V., I realized how addicted our society has become to this phenomenon. Every week millions of people, including myself, tune into the latest reality T.V. shows, my favorites being MTV’s Laguna Beach and The Real World. It has almost become a ritual for me, as well as the millions of others that watch these addicting shows. We start off merely watching the show for entertainment, but end up knowing the backgrounds of all the characters, the latest gossip, the new hookups, the recent breakups, and we cannot get enough of the overly dramatic fights. Before we know it, these so called “reality” T.V. shows become part of our lives. These shows have almost begun to dictate our nightly routines because we are obsessed with what is going to happen next and feel completely lost if we miss this week’s episodes. So why is it that reality T.V. has become such an important part of our daily lives? It’s hard to explain why we envelop ourselves so deeply into these shows. But whether it is because we simply want to keep up with the latest gossip so that we have something to talk about the next day, or because we are able to live through these dramatic characters, the shows keep us tuning in every week. Even though this “reality” T.V. is not as real as we like to believe it is, it has taken over our society and does not look like its slowing down any time soon.