Rant of the day
My wife and child stay up late on Saturday nights to watch the lowest of the low in low-brow programming.
I always have agreed with the sentiment of a former boss that called daytime talk shows the glorification of everything that’s wrong with the human condition. These shows (Jenny Jones, Jerry Springer, Maury, etc.) glorify loser behavior by giving it a forum where it seems “normal” or “okay” somehow. It’s not okay! If you have a child, raise it! Do not ever hit your partner! It’s not okay sleep with every low-rent partner because you can! Low self esteem in not a paying gig! Putting these people on TV rationalizes their abhorrent behavior.
I also hate Cops and America’s Most Wanted. These programs are nothing more than the fulfillment of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 novel. In the novel, the top rated program is the show where criminals hare hunted down by a mechanical dog and instantly put to death by means of lethal injection. In the book, the protagonist is on the run and manages to avoid the dog. However, this only causes the producer’s of the program to find a street person, digitally change the street person’s face to look like the protagonist, and execute the street person for the cameras. How are Cops and AMW different?
Finally, the offending program on Saturday night is worse than all of that garbage. I have never actually watched the program, but my wife and child can’t wait to tell me about the previous night’s episode on Sunday morning. I also recognize that other people must watch this crap as television is all about ratings. The program is called Cheaters. The concept is that the producers follow a suspected philanderer around with a hidden camera and catch the untrue partner in compromising positions. Then the program arranges a confrontation between the “Cheater” and the wronged partner. Then the sparks fly!
The fact that this kind of crap passes as entertainment really makes me question the future of the human race.
I always have agreed with the sentiment of a former boss that called daytime talk shows the glorification of everything that’s wrong with the human condition. These shows (Jenny Jones, Jerry Springer, Maury, etc.) glorify loser behavior by giving it a forum where it seems “normal” or “okay” somehow. It’s not okay! If you have a child, raise it! Do not ever hit your partner! It’s not okay sleep with every low-rent partner because you can! Low self esteem in not a paying gig! Putting these people on TV rationalizes their abhorrent behavior.
I also hate Cops and America’s Most Wanted. These programs are nothing more than the fulfillment of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 novel. In the novel, the top rated program is the show where criminals hare hunted down by a mechanical dog and instantly put to death by means of lethal injection. In the book, the protagonist is on the run and manages to avoid the dog. However, this only causes the producer’s of the program to find a street person, digitally change the street person’s face to look like the protagonist, and execute the street person for the cameras. How are Cops and AMW different?
Finally, the offending program on Saturday night is worse than all of that garbage. I have never actually watched the program, but my wife and child can’t wait to tell me about the previous night’s episode on Sunday morning. I also recognize that other people must watch this crap as television is all about ratings. The program is called Cheaters. The concept is that the producers follow a suspected philanderer around with a hidden camera and catch the untrue partner in compromising positions. Then the program arranges a confrontation between the “Cheater” and the wronged partner. Then the sparks fly!
The fact that this kind of crap passes as entertainment really makes me question the future of the human race.
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