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I'm not one for watching TV but I got sucked in and ended up watching an episode of this "reality TV" lastweekend at a friend's house. The first thing that struck me was how terrible the acting was. Not only that but everything was sensationalized andover-exaggerated, and the situations were almost comically far fetched (a guy addicted to meth sat at his computer and watched porn for 8-9 consecutive hours.They claimed after the segment he masturbated 12 times. I mean, come on. REALLY people!??) . I've dealt with addiction all my life; my mom withcrack/PCP/heroin/etc, my brother with Oxy's/heroin/methadone, pops with alcohol and all the above listed and I've struggled with stuff myself (too muchinfo but w/e) so I'm no stranger to the "lifestyle". It's clear when someone is simply acting. Even clearer when it's [color= rgb(0, 204, 255)]bad[/color] acting. I'm distrustful of the media and their agenda asis, but seeing things like this enrages me. I'm all for inspirational addiction stories (Basketball Diaries, anyone?) but when thinly veiled propaganda issold as "reality" to make it more believable, I have a problem. If they can create that "reality", why not other things as well? Where isthe line drawn? Anybody else feel this way?
Disclaimer: I'm not claiming [color= rgb(0, 204, 255)]every[/color]show is staged, but no doubt at least a portion are
EDIT: Now I know I'm not crazy..
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Disclaimer: I'm not claiming [color= rgb(0, 204, 255)]every[/color]show is staged, but no doubt at least a portion are
EDIT: Now I know I'm not crazy..
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