Saturday, July 30, 2011

Recipe For Success?

I've been a casual observer of bad reality shows for a long time. Here's the recipe for a moderately successful show, and yes mediocrity is a bar they strive for.

You take a high maintenance "star", surround them with incompetent helpers, and hit the red button on the camera. It's actually that simple. I'm watching, I take that back Amy is watching Nail Files about this woman who has a nail salon called The Painted Nail in Los Angeles. She has an assistant, a publicist, and has been celebrities visiting her store.

Every tiny little thing causes a meltdown mainly due to helpers who don't help much. For example while dining at a very posh restaurant after a stressful day of fixing her assistant's mistakes of not paying the utility bills she gets a call from her assistant saying she is quitting. Now a minute ago she was telling her about how she doesn't trust her anymore and complaining to the camera about how much responsibility she has to take on as if she were Atlas himself. Now she is having a meltdown because the incompetent person quit!

She literally said the line, "How much can one human being take in one day?!"
Gee I don't know, why not ask the starving kids in India about how much they can take in a lifetime. You incompetent, self indulgent, vulgar, elitist, fake drama queen!

That's the drama. It's again that simple! I'd actually love to be a show runner for a show like this. I'd love it. I'd point actual reality out every second of the day to these idiots. I'd take every single foot of tape and design it to put the "star" in the worst light possible.

Anyone wonder about the decline of civilization? Yeah, this is a reason.

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