http://www.theonion.com/3944/news3.html
I wonder if he ever considered just taking it down, or not writing anything else.
I'll stick with anonymity.
Friday, November 14, 2003
Monday, November 10, 2003
I have to admit if its reality T.V, I probably watch it. Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Survivor, Australian Idol, The Mole, The Osbournes, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, For Love or Money, Joe Millionaire or Temptation Island (I like it the least), I watch them all!
They appeal to me because they are unscripted but more importantly, you often get people on the show who really have no concept of how others, including the public, will perceive them. This leads to many amusing moments where the self view of the contestant clashes with how the rest of the contestants see them. That defining moment where the realise they are not who they thought they were is priceless! The cringe factor is high and I love it.
Take Osten from Survivor for example. You can tell he thinks he is “the man”, he looks like he lifts weights for hours everyday but yet he is the biggest nancy boy I have ever seen. He whinges like an 8-year-old girl! He is a massively built man but so often fails, usually because he has zero will power.
Or take Carlo from the most recent series of Australian Big Brother, a man who decided to crouch in a kitchen sink to wash his genitals with the same implements used to wash dinner plates, but still thinks he is every woman’s fantasy. In case you read this Carlo, you are not normal, … not at all.
My most recent Reality TV obsession is Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. I love it for the same reasons. Some poor sap is confronted with his general lack of style, hygiene and fashion of which he was previously unaware. My favourite moment would have to be the guy who was confronted with his bathtub which was covered with dirt and filth. When asked “Why?”, he responds with “But that’s where the dirt goes!”. I bet he was thinking to himself, “Every man keeps a store of dirt and filth don’t they?”
They appeal to me because they are unscripted but more importantly, you often get people on the show who really have no concept of how others, including the public, will perceive them. This leads to many amusing moments where the self view of the contestant clashes with how the rest of the contestants see them. That defining moment where the realise they are not who they thought they were is priceless! The cringe factor is high and I love it.
Take Osten from Survivor for example. You can tell he thinks he is “the man”, he looks like he lifts weights for hours everyday but yet he is the biggest nancy boy I have ever seen. He whinges like an 8-year-old girl! He is a massively built man but so often fails, usually because he has zero will power.
Or take Carlo from the most recent series of Australian Big Brother, a man who decided to crouch in a kitchen sink to wash his genitals with the same implements used to wash dinner plates, but still thinks he is every woman’s fantasy. In case you read this Carlo, you are not normal, … not at all.
My most recent Reality TV obsession is Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. I love it for the same reasons. Some poor sap is confronted with his general lack of style, hygiene and fashion of which he was previously unaware. My favourite moment would have to be the guy who was confronted with his bathtub which was covered with dirt and filth. When asked “Why?”, he responds with “But that’s where the dirt goes!”. I bet he was thinking to himself, “Every man keeps a store of dirt and filth don’t they?”
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