I’ve been contemplating the boom in voyeuristic television for the past couple of years. I wonder if it’s not a sick fascination, a secret desire, to see people fail. Perhaps we love the “soap opera” side of it. Do we all crave drama in our lives so much that we’re willing to vicariously experience it through television? It amazes me that the public can become so emotionally tied to a tv personality, although I suppose it shouldn’t. I’m sure there were many, many people who felt just terrible when The Waltons ended.
The more optimistic side of me wonders whether it’s a secret desire to see people do what we only dream about — even if that includes trying and failing.
Oh well. Better go watch “So you think you can dance”… (just kidding)
I think folks like watching other people make fools of themselves. It’s like the roadkill you know you shouldn’t look at… but you just can’t look away. Haha. But then again… I make it no secret that I don’t care for reality tv :P