You've got 20 minutes, top

[thebitterguy]

I 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.

Comments

[anidada.livejournal.com]

Um... So... Why are you still watching those shows?

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Still? I'm wondering why in the first place...

[thebitterguy]

I'm not, really. I think I've seen half an episode, put together.

[kaijugal.livejournal.com]

Psycho christians. *shudder* >_< There is nothing GOOD about that.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

Now, why do I have Talking Heads singing in my ear?

"...you better run run run run, run run away..."

[anidada.livejournal.com]

Never do that again, man. I fear for your immortal soul.

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

I can't even take 5 mins of Wife Swap, but I find Trading Spouses to be the best "unscripted sit-com" on the air. :)

Cu,
Andrew

[thebitterguy]

What differences do the two shows have that makes TS & WS different? Does TS have wackier swaps?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[thebitterguy]

But she's quite mad. I don't know what put her in that place, but the video is rather scary.

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

It's all in the style and the editing. Wife Swap just wasn't all that funny - the narrator is overused and the editing seemed more mockumentary than comical.

Oh, and TS has that lovely twist about who gets to spend the money, which makes the endings far more entertaining. :)

CU,
Andrew

[umario.livejournal.com]

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[thebitterguy]

Of course, how they came to that conclusion, and how I'd cash it in (and even if that's a one time thing, etc, etc) are all conveniently absent.

Cause, you know, I Could do with the cash.

[umario.livejournal.com]

I guess it comes from this (http://www.tnl.net/blog/entry/Doing_the_numbers_on_the_AOL-WeblogsInc_deal). How they got there, I don't know.