Alright. For those of you who don't know me very well (once again, assuming that people actually read this thing), I watch a lot of television. I used to be told that brain rots your brain and that you shouldn't do it in excess blah, blah, blah. Thankfully, I never listened because I am now really happy with my television obsession. And I would love to say that I only watch quality, clever allusion-filled, complex character-surrounded shows. And I do. But I also watch the terrible, terrible reality television shows. And it's not like I even watch the good, respected reality shows like Top Chef or Project runway. I watch the really, really bad how-can-anyone-still-watch-these-shows shows like real world/road rules challenge shows, every real world season that comes out, the hills, the city, the real housewives of new jersey AND orange county. Ahh listing them kind of makes me think why? I honestly can't explain why I watch the terrible shows. But I am curiously drawn to them like a moth to a dysfunctional, I-swear-it's-not-scripted flame.
Now, to a more specified opinion about television. I want to talk about this past week's episode of 90210. This show falls somewhere between shitty reality show and good scripted tv. Right? Honestly, the only thing that seems to stay in my mind regarding this episode is the fact that Annie and Jasper are becoming alarmingly similar to any destructive, drug-ridden couple in pop culture except significantly less cool, like Whitney and Bobby or even Sid and Nancy. I almost take the latter back because it seems like such a stretch, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for ridiculous amounts of drugs, a hotel room, and ....suspense. I don't want to jinx it.
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