Pretty much all "reality" TV shows are fake. I'll even go as far as to say even shit like Shark Tank is 90% controlled. However there are some things that annoy the shit out of my after the 12 years of reality TV domination:
- We've officially time traveled to the 1950s. Racism and Sexism is turned up to level 11. Now, yes I realize that stereotypes exist for a reason, because they tend to be true. But I 'm sorry I highly doubt that a black family raised in a upper middle class neighborhood will act "ghetto". This is painfully obvious in those bridezilla shows or well really any reality TV shows. Also, yes I realize that in current society many women may not like stressful situations and what not, but how come every time I see a competition involving "experts" and one of them is a woman, she is quickly overworked. You are supposedly the leader of a very successful small business, how the fuck can you not talk to people or crumble under pressure? That makes no fucking sense, you wouldn't have never had the title the show claimed you had then.
- Why are any of the Jersey Shore guys trying to fuck Snookie? If you are rich, famous, and "good looking", you wouldn't be trying to fuck Snookie.
- Hey you were on Undercover Boss! What you didn't notice the cameras!?
- "Feel good" endings. I know I just said Undercover Boss, but its the perfect example. For those who don't know about this show, it involves every working persons dream. The CEO of the company is going to spend one week in YOUR shoes. They experience your pain, they experience your hardship, and he comes alone some incredible workers who have financial troubles but still go out of the way for their company, just to succeed. So the CEO has a euphoria, he realizes that he needs to give back to these workers. So he rewards these workers with $5,000 and a paid vacation. Wow that's nice right? He really cares? Except he fucking doesn't. $5,000? He wipes his ass with that. If he really gave a shit he would have sacrificed his wealth and Swiss bank account and have some of that money trickle down to those workers. He would have pulled a Ricardo Semler and would have given the employees more rights so they couldn't get fucked again. But no, this man is a saint because he spent a week in the employees shoes, saw that half of them had shit lives, and decided to give a few of them some money, with the thought of "holy shit just imagine how many of my employees have just as shitty lives!" Cross his mind. The thing that makes me pissed about this is that people buy this as "if you work hard, things will come to you." Bullshit, if it wasn't for the CEO working undercover, these people would still be living shit lives, and are most likely are after that small donation. But of course this isn't real. Its just blatant marketing.
- You know prank shows like Jackass where they prank someone, they get pissed, and than they say the line "HE GOT AWAY!" The fucking camera man is right there!
- The auditions in American Idol spinoffs that are clearly staged. The worst is with little kids. Who seem to know EXACTLY what to say with the perfect quick witted comments. The only thing that rivals it is when a bad audition happens and one of the panelists are prepared to do something with it. Like get up on stage and dance with a prop in hand. Or have some type of background music while they duet with the contestant on stage that is VERY specific (something that the DJ just couldn't have on the fly).
There was this scene in some real estate reality show where it was focused on the the character waking up and answering a phone call.
AS IF THERE WAS A FILM CREW SITTING THERE ALL NIGHT WAITING FOR THE CALL
This shit is the worst.