The whole idea of ‘reality’ television never really sat all that well with me. Watching fictional characters live their lives on the television was entertaining, now we’re going out of our ways to watch people that we couldn’t even stand being around in real life. It’s gotten so out of hand, there are actually fake reality shows (Trailer Park Boys, Kenny vs. Spenny, the Hills, Paper Heart). Solidified by the fact, as I mentioned before, that people refer to incidents or situations as if ‘they were on a reality show’- this is killing me; smarten the fuck up.
But the aspect that really gets me going is that fact that every reality show participant is a ‘Reality TV Star’. Star? Really? For a dude on something like a ‘Shot at Love with Tila Tequila’ or even that one with Flava Flav to be considered a star is unfair and unjust to those who actually have talent and worked their way to stardom. Those other cats are not stars, they’re star fuckers, there’s a difference - Flava Flav was in Public Enemy and he’s not even a star. Jon and Kate are bigger stars and all they did was exploit their children ... and marriage.
The word gets tossed around more often these days than the term ‘Hero’ after 9/11 or awesome when is used to describe a tasty brew of Pabst. If that’s all it takes to be a star in today’s Hollywood, K-FED should be a superstar - he’s already fucked a celebrity and got money from it, meanwhile he’s still referred to as a common jackass.
All I’m asking is that we change the use of the word. Let’s call them what they are either: a) Idiots or b) TV Personalities.
It’s not much to ask for. When I was a kid, reality TV stars were called Wrestlers; but now, things done changed so lets just try to reserve the verb ‘Star’ for those who are actually deserving of the description ... like Steve McQueen or George Michaels.
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