Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

[imhomerjay]

Re: Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

Taking a, um, realistic look at the situation--no, reality TV isn't going anywhere as a partial result of this any more than any other genre died off because one representative of it was a lowlife scumbag.

In the cyclical nature of audience tastes, perhaps the appetite will diminsh somewhat, but the economics are too lucrative for the genre to disappear so completely as variety shows did.

 

[firepoint525]

Re: Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

Taking a, um, realistic look at the situation--no, reality TV isn't going anywhere as a partial result of this any more than any other genre died off because one representative of it was a lowlife scumbag.
In the cyclical nature of audience tastes, perhaps the appetite will diminsh somewhat, but the economics are too lucrative for the genre to disappear so completely as variety shows did.

Variety shows left our TV screens because they really weren't necessary anymore. As more and more TV networks have come onto the air, they have each had more specialized programming, thus making it increasingly less necessary for any of the generalized mass appeal programming to remain on the air on network TV.

But I also remember that variety shows had largely died off by the end of the '70s, so maybe there is still hope for that change (that I mentioned earlier) that comes in with a new decade. "Reality" TV started appearing on our screens with Survivor in 2000, so maybe there really is something to this once a decade change. We can only hope.

 

[firepoint525]

Re: Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

We can only hope that in the 2010s, that "reality TV" will be left behind as nothing more than a stupid relic from the 2000s (the "zeroes"). May "reality TV" soon go the way of the variety show.

Except that no one on a variety show killed one person and offed themselves soon after.

True, but in a variety show, the host tried to make the guests the star of the show, and tried to make the show the best that it could be, since his/her/their name was usually in the show's title, thus making it representative of its own host.

With so-called "reality" TV, everyone is seeking their own 15 minutes of fame. And they can't deal with it when their 15 minutes are up.

 

[BRNout]

Re: Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

Maybe he should have said "an even more tragic turn.

No, referring to it as a happy ending to a tragic tale would be more appropriate.

 

[firepoint525]

Re: Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

Maybe he should have said "an even more tragic turn.

No, referring to it as a happy ending to a tragic tale would be more appropriate.

No tears for either of them coming from me. They were both superficial, seeking their 15 minutes of fame and fortune. They got that. Not saying that she got what she deserved, but she should have been more careful about who she associated with.

 

[Silkie]

Re: Finalist on VH1's reality series "Megan Wants a Millionaire" sought in murder

Maybe he should have said "an even more tragic turn.

No, referring to it as a happy ending to a tragic tale would be more appropriate.

No tears for either of them coming from me. They were both superficial, seeking their 15 minutes of fame and fortune. They got that. Not saying that she got what she deserved, but she should have been more careful about who she associated with.

She didn't know what she wanted; she only thought she knew what she wanted. Takes no time at all to thoughtlessly "know" what you want, and decades to come to an understanding of what you really want. Shallowness has been euphemized by the term "Material Girl". The streets of Hollywood are full of junkies who knew what they wanted.