“For the Love of Ray J?” “Flavor of Love?” “Flavor of Love 2?” “Flavor of Love 3?” “I Love New York?” “I Love New York 2?” Wow. I don’t know where to start. In the past years, reality TV shows have taken on the task of being a matchmaker. Every show seems to be “The Bachelor” on steroids. Bringing complete strangers together under one roof and having them compete for the love of a below b-list celebrity (I use the word celebrity oh-so-loosely). At the end of about a month, two people are supposed to be in love and live happily ever after. Complete crap. (I am STILL disgusted that anyone would even think to touch any body part of the above man known as Flava Flav!)
Who finds love in a month?! Each of these shows start off with about thirty or so contestants and they are expected to find true love in thirty days or less. Some people cannot find true love in thirty years. Complete bullshit. They completely go against the idea of “finding true love”. The shows are very similar. There is always one crazy male or female on the show that keep you watching from week to week. And of course they don’t win the lover at the end, but they (usually) do win their very own show and a free ride to “celebrity” status (again, I use the word loosely). Many of the love scenes in the shows are really soft core porn scenes. The idea of love is a mockery.
Most of the characters on the shows are looking for exposure and trying to launch their own acting careers. In “Flavor of Love”, one of the contestants eventually got her own show and was seen in a movie confirming that she was clearly looking to start a career in acting. Love – merely a sidebar. There are right ways and wrong ways to find love and show like these are definitely the wrong way.
Some people look at these shows, see the behavior, and think it is appropriate, especially the younger generation. If they base love off of reality shows, all they need to find is a couple of drunken whores willing to screw them on regular intervals. Now that’s a whole lot of love!
Now, do I watch these shows? YES, I do. There is something about the mindless entertainment that pulls me in weekly. Note the phrase mindless entertainment” though. I can decipher reality from “reality”. As long as I can do that, I will continue to watch. Hey, I need a good laugh every once in a while.
Who finds love in a month?! Each of these shows start off with about thirty or so contestants and they are expected to find true love in thirty days or less. Some people cannot find true love in thirty years. Complete bullshit. They completely go against the idea of “finding true love”. The shows are very similar. There is always one crazy male or female on the show that keep you watching from week to week. And of course they don’t win the lover at the end, but they (usually) do win their very own show and a free ride to “celebrity” status (again, I use the word loosely). Many of the love scenes in the shows are really soft core porn scenes. The idea of love is a mockery.
Most of the characters on the shows are looking for exposure and trying to launch their own acting careers. In “Flavor of Love”, one of the contestants eventually got her own show and was seen in a movie confirming that she was clearly looking to start a career in acting. Love – merely a sidebar. There are right ways and wrong ways to find love and show like these are definitely the wrong way.
Some people look at these shows, see the behavior, and think it is appropriate, especially the younger generation. If they base love off of reality shows, all they need to find is a couple of drunken whores willing to screw them on regular intervals. Now that’s a whole lot of love!
Now, do I watch these shows? YES, I do. There is something about the mindless entertainment that pulls me in weekly. Note the phrase mindless entertainment” though. I can decipher reality from “reality”. As long as I can do that, I will continue to watch. Hey, I need a good laugh every once in a while.
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