On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Ultimately, I don't know why anybody on Survivor matters more than >> anybody else, and there is still a falseness to this show that bugs me. But >> without knowing about the events leading up to it, outing somebody on >> national TV is a piss-poor tactic. The disturbing "reality" is that CBS >> would still have aired it had the tactic worked. >> >> At some point we need to start looking at the psychology of what >> possesses people to participate in these shows, as well as the >> harm/backlash for both participants and viewers. There used to be senate >> hearings on music lyrics and videogame violence, but nobody seems to >> question our "right" to be embarrassed, insulted, attacked, and injured... >> for ratings. >> >> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/survivor-zeke-smi >> th-outed-as-transgender-guest-column-991514 >> > > In the 1990s there was a concern among sociologists and psychologists of > the effects of having people air their private affairs on TV for > entertainment. The venue then was daytime talk shows, which following > Springer's success, were going through an expansion which meant always > finding more outrageous guests to stand out. As the authorities stood by > then they are not going to get involved now. > I suppose that frenzy reached its tipping point with the murder of the guest on the Jenny Jones show (and subsequent civil lawsuit). Not to sound like the old man I am rapidly becoming, but in an age where anybody can SnapChat or Instagram or YouTube themselves, we no longer need a Jerry Springer to filter the crazy. Hell, we got the craziest reality TV star of them all dropping bombs on Afghanistan... what could they possibly book on a daytime talk show to compete with that? -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
