tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post3242862126967842015..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Rating Reality Television.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75231037909665400172018-11-20T13:43:00.971+13:002018-11-20T13:43:00.971+13:00Simon
You could pop into youtube just to insert so...Simon<br />You could pop into youtube just to insert some different images in your brain. If you only watch what is on currently you miss interesting or soothing or funny things from the past. There are hundreds of alternative viewing topics which can be subscribed to, but a random drop into youtube or to follow some favourites that take your mind to a different place would be<br />better than being beaten further down by today's mindless airheads.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-45305877726451715922018-11-19T22:40:58.518+13:002018-11-19T22:40:58.518+13:00I have a stressful job. Watching vacuous shit on T...I have a stressful job. Watching vacuous shit on TV helps me unwind.<br /><br />If I was a musician, or a poet, or an artist, or a political commentator, I could easily fill my evenings with densely themed TV/radio shows or theater. Unfortunately however, I spend 8.5 hours of my day in an emotionally and intellectually draining job. Gutter TV suits my needs. Simple really. Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-88848651285073767572018-11-18T14:03:06.629+13:002018-11-18T14:03:06.629+13:00Reality shows came into vogue because they are che...Reality shows came into vogue because they are cheap to make. Apart from a host the rest of the "talent" work for free.<br /><br />Also the programmers of free-to-air TV have shit for brains. They flood primetime with shitty "reality" shows while relegating good shows like "Queen Sugar" and "Empire" to a post-11pm weekday slot - when the only viewers are unemployed insomniacs.<br /><br />On the rare occasion that they show quality TV in primetime they jam in as many ad's as possible - the gaps between ad breaks becoming shorter and shorter - until it is a case of more ad than programme.<br /><br />A chimp could do a better job than any of the current programmers working for TVNZ, TV-3 or Prime.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933320334462324482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-29127591064707322752018-11-18T13:57:21.046+13:002018-11-18T13:57:21.046+13:00Reality TV is a great training ground, both for th...Reality TV is a great training ground, both for the virtuoso and for the audience. Trump "fired" apprentices, the audience learnt to see that as "real". Both interacted, manipulating and reacting appropriately. Trump pulled the same interactivity with wrestling audiences...once perfected the whole drama went on to politics, via the Tweet.<br /><br />Where 'reality" begins and ends, who knows. It's life as made up as you go along drama, the important thing is that active participation is pretended and taken seriously at all points. Richie McCaw for PM?Nick Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-47653801598615978012018-11-17T17:22:25.801+13:002018-11-17T17:22:25.801+13:00Reality TV just a load of bollocks.Reality TV just a load of bollocks.peteswriteplacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474922953916383101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-39057149335034976592018-11-16T13:30:18.334+13:002018-11-16T13:30:18.334+13:00"The producers do not set out with a pre-writ..."The producers do not set out with a pre-written script, they simply go with the flow. "<br /><br />And from what I can gather, if there isn't enough "flow" – particularly of tears – they interfere to make sure that they manufacture some. Just by the way helping to ruin some of the contestants lives. Not that I have much sympathy for people who enter these things, because most of them have pretty self-serving motives to begin with.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.com