August 24, 2011

TV Critic Quote of the Week

Matt Zoller Seitz on the "Real Housewives" death:

The type of so-called reality show represented by the "Real Housewives" franchise is the soft-bellied, 21st century American TV version of a gladiatorial contest. It has no agenda except giving viewers the basest sort of entertainment: the spectacle of people doing violence to each other and suffering violence themselves. Instead of going at each other like gladiators with swords and clubs, or like boxers hurling punches, participants in this kind of unscripted show attack each other psychologically. The show's appeal is the spectacle of emotional violence. The participants -- or "cast members," as they are revealingly labeled -- suffer and bleed emotionally while we watch and guffaw.
It's time to get real about reality TV.  As your parents may have warned you, it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. People are getting hurt.

Posted by Stephen Silver at August 24, 2011 02:44 PM
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