Accountability in Entertainment • Page 506

I used to get hooked on a reality show every now and then when I would be bored and filling time, but now I don’t have much time so I never get drawn into any of it. I think most of it is just mindless and harmless but there’s a bunch that is exploitive and/or enables and platforms some really crappy people so I don’t think it’s just a snob thing to criticize reality tv.

 

it’s ok to be a little snobby

 

It takes a lot less to be snobby and pretentious these days because the culture is “let’s ask chat”

 

Reality shows are good

 

Competition reality shows like Survivor, Traitors, The Mole, The Circle, and similar, hook those directly into my veins. I’ve also applied to be on many of them to no avail.

All the ones about dating and romance don’t really do anything for me though

 

My girlfriend watches Below Deck all the time, which basically means I watch Below Deck.

 

Below Deck is the only non competition reality I watch

 

The only person I genuinely liked was Chef Ben

 

For real? He was so terrible this season

 

I don't think I'm emotionally strong enough for reality tv. It upsets and frustrates me. My ex would watch these shows and I could never sit in the room for more than a few minutes.

 

He was on a new season? My girlfriend only watches the first 7 seasons.

 

top chef is legitimately wonderful television

 

Yep haha, the season of Down Under that just ended. It's the only season I've seen of his so that's all I have info from

 

Is Sopranos a reality show? If so, I like reality shows

 

Reality TV is junk food. Especially competition shows.

Nom nom nom.

 

i have no room to judge, i watched like five seasons of ANTM, this was wayyy before i read about how toxic Tyra was

 

Oh yeah well I watched Fear Factor before I knew Joe Rogan would get a fascist elected

 

This is interesting to me because I literally turn to reality TV when I have no emotional bandwidth and just need to consume junk with no real emotional consequences lol

 

Idk it upsets me haha.

 

I hope he gets Cosby next

 

I am very embarrassed that Maher's show was a weekly watch for me at one point. I stopped when he used a certain slur but it should have come sooner.

 

a family friend of my parents always tries to brand herself "the most liberal woman in Missouri", but always talks about how much she loves Bill Maher, and doesn't hesitate to misgender trans people anytime a trans person she knows is brought up in conversation

 

That still might qualify her as the most liberal woman here.

 

not in Springfield, that's for sure