Blog 7

I always wondered what it would feel like to be a star in my own reality show since I was younger. Having cameras following me around and documenting everything I did. I started watching reality shows like "The Real World" and "Keeping Up With the Kardashians". I thought that this was actually how they lived every day until I learned that most scenes in the show were staged; just like the movie “The Truman Show.”

                In the passage "Truman Show Syndrome" by Colin Lecher, he explains how reality television has corrupted minds of most people. The majority of people that do watch reality shows seem to believe they are in one. As stated in the passage, "... these delusions are put into two categories: bizarre and non-bizarre.” Using examples of "I'm dead ', is bizarre and "Millions of strangers are obsessed with me' being non-bizarre.”  That example is a perfect statement to describe today's society. Using the examples social media such as Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube has people believing they grew famous over night or through time based on how many follower, likes, or subscribers they have. We watch reality shows so much that we start believing that people are watching us, or even compare their lifestyles to the people they are watching. As I mentioned before, the media has staged most reality shows. Adding more drama and characters we may think that are real people just for higher ratings.

I remember watching an E! special on former reality star Kristen Cavelleri from show " Laguna Beach". She said that most of the scenes were fake and some of the cast members were paid or bribed with expensive things to carry out rumors and drama just to make the show better. Another perfect way to get higher rating and watchers hooked; comparing this to a scene in the movie "The Truman Show" when Christof controls the rain when Truman is at sea. It was done for higher ratings.

      In conclusion, I believe reality shows are just like the chip the CIA planted into people’s brains. There to brainwash and control our way of living, and also produced  to distract us from bigger things happening in the world.