The genre known as reality television follows the daily, "real" experiences .
of average people in settings ranging from summer camps to life on a desert .
island. But is it really reality? Although the people on the show are not actors or .
actresses, I believe the situations are forced into drama by the producers and .
directors who choose certain types of people into the show. For example, they .
can put a jock, nerd, and a good girl under one house to live in for a couple of .
months. Therefore, it is not really reality. The experiences that occur in every .
reality show are mostly exaggerated. People are drawn to see the destruction of .
another person. Watching the downfall of another may be a self-esteem booster .
by getting people to reflect on their lives and realize that it may not be as bad as .
they think. .
The show "Survivor," for instance, took place on a South Sea island near .
Borneo. It's about the experience of living and backstabbing in front of a camera .
crew and in pursuit of one million dollars. As CBS producer Marc Burnett puts it, .
"It's not true, pure reality. On the other hand, it's not scripted drama. It's .
somewhere in between: dramality." .
The public is transfixed with the lives of other individuals in today's .
society when they are featured on television. Reality television began with .
MTV's craze of Road Rules and The Real World, which featured a variety of .
young adults living in the same house and dealing with the pressures of every .
day life. It's funny how it seems like almost every show each week has either .
huge arguments and fights, embarrassing events, or something fascinating to .
get the audience hooked. How many of you all go through these things .
everyday? Obviously the editors of every reality show cuts out many parts of the .
cast's lives to make the show interesting. .
One particular show that is a perfect parody of reality television shows is .
The Joe Schmo Show. The premise of this program is to feature a real .
