Monday, November 12, 2007

The Reality of Reality TV

Remember the movie The Truman Show. It seemed like such an interesting concept... something that could certainly never happen in real life. Well now reality shows are a dime a dozen and today's reality stars act as if they aren't even on TV. I find it fascinating how polished reality shows appear. Take a look at a segment of MTV's The Hills. I'd love to know the infrastructure behind what we see on the TV. And what is going on in the heads of these people who are living their lives under scrutiny?




Is this just some camera men sneaking around or is the technology becoming more sophisticated so that they can be more invisible? Have you ever noticed that the reality shows are so much more polished then say, the segments we watch on the President? Why is that?

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