AIRHEADS
AIRHEADS
WHERE’S THE REALITY
IN REALITY TV?
BY MICHELLE LIM
re·al·i·ty [rē ’al tē]
noun
the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
REASON #1
a television screen and ten thousand
something miles keeping us far, far
apart. But it’s because I’ll never personally have to face him that I can
easily say, while terrifying, he is also
a hilarious human being.
Do you ever feel like real life is just
the worst? Maybe you do, maybe
you don’t, and maybe it’s the reason
that you often find yourself surrendering to twenty-four hours
of playing catch-up with The Real
Housewives of New York. Most of
the time, due to heavy social-media
propaganda, your mind is telling
you it’s not real—but your body is
telling you yes. Reality is fickle and
it’s tedious when you contrast it to
the action-packed thrill of fiction,
therefore, when these producers
present fiction as reality, it’s likely you’ll be bought into the ruse.
Not only that, the first-world issues
that most of these protagonists go
through can make you feel a whole
lot better. While Audrey Reyes (My
Super Sweet Sixteen) may cry over
having her birthday Lexus sent in
a day early, you might real