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You've got 20 minutes, top
Nov. 3rd, 2005 12:05 amI can watch 20 minutes of Trading Spouses or Wife Swap before what small, sheltered remnant of basic human decency I managed to nurture all these years enflames and goes "these are actual human beings, and they're being used as punchlines."
This week's Trading Spouses, however, looks particularly terrifying. She's about to go God Warrior on some poor bastards. Look for the video from the Damico -Flisher/Perrins episode.
Quick thought: I think the term 'reality show' is just a bit strained at this point. It's used for everything from game shows (Survivor/TAR/Fear Factor) to home renovation shows (EVERYTHING on TLC) to horrid psychological experiments (what we're talking about here, bucky). Everything without a script gets slapped into a single category, and everyone's surprised that they're a large part of the market. Hey, if you categorized "everything with water in it" in one aisle, it would be the biggest on in the supermarket too.
This week's Trading Spouses, however, looks particularly terrifying. She's about to go God Warrior on some poor bastards. Look for the video from the Damico -Flisher/Perrins episode.
Quick thought: I think the term 'reality show' is just a bit strained at this point. It's used for everything from game shows (Survivor/TAR/Fear Factor) to home renovation shows (EVERYTHING on TLC) to horrid psychological experiments (what we're talking about here, bucky). Everything without a script gets slapped into a single category, and everyone's surprised that they're a large part of the market. Hey, if you categorized "everything with water in it" in one aisle, it would be the biggest on in the supermarket too.
