Reality Shows Exposed

The problem with reality shows is that, at a certain point, the facade gets ripped off and we notice things like Matt Roloff's megalomania, Mama June's careless parenting, the Duck Dynasty patriarch's prejudices, Kate Gosselin's virulent OCD, and the Duggars' misperception of godliness.

But the people portrayed on the screen were concocted out of scraps of footage by directors, cameramen, and publicity flacks.  They were never real.

Reality shows are fiction



  

Self-examination

America has long been fascinated by the antics of the ignorant. Honey Booboo, and Duck Dynasty are the just descendants of such as Ma and Pa Kettle and the Beverly Hillbillies.  And remember the three Darryls in the Bob Newhart Show?  

Why do we find them so amusing?