Blog #8 (15) Minutes By Choice?



In our society today, we thrive on watching television, especially things that appeal to us. Reality television is watched the most because people are willing to watch others make a fool out of themselves. This is a source of entertainment.  Everyone wants there 15 minutes of fame, and some people will do whatever it takes to get the little fame that they can get. This relates to Hunger Games, not in a sense that some people waning there 15 minutes of fame, but that they held the hunger games as a source of entertainment. The Capitol put children into a ring to fight to their death. The Capitol sees this as not only having authority, but as their entertainment as well. It reminds me of a football game, but the Super Bowl Game. There are sponsors for the advertisements during the super bowl and people bet on who they think are going to win. Just like Hunger Games, the children have sponsors and they bet on which child is going to win.  So even though people like the characters in Hunger Games do not ask for 15 minutes of fame, they received it without an option.



Blog #7 Nothing BUT Drama!!!

Basketball Wives LA

Imani, Draya, Laura, Gloria, Malaysia, Jackie

Drama=Excitement

I watch a lot of reality TV. Vh1 and MTV are just a few of my favorite television stations. On VH1 I watch a show called basketball wives. Now there is Basketball wives in Miami and there is one in Los Angeles. The season for Miami has currently ended and now I am watching Basketball Wives LA. This past episode was about the basketball wives going to Hawaii on a vacation. The women’s names our Laura, Gloria, Jackie, Malaysia, Imani, and Draya. There was a lot of drama in this episode and it seems to be all because of Jackie. She is always talking about someone and turns the girls against each other. Well in this episode Imani and Laura was not getting along because Imani heard from Jackie that Laura was talking about her. Well Imani and Laura had a conversation and realized that Jackie is the culprit behind all the drama. Jackie started to become obsessed with Imani and Laura conversation so she started discussing with Draya that Imani better not have said anything wrong about her. Now Gloria is Laura’s sister and she is just analyzing the situation and so is Malaysia. So in the next episode the truth will be revealed about all the drama that has been going on in this circle and so far the odds are against Jackie.

I enjoy watching this show, because it is entertaining. What seems to be luring about this show is the drama. There is always drama and it is interesting to watch and analyze drama that you are not a part of. You get to see all angles of the story and it is just funny. At the end of each episode it leave you with a cliff hanger because you always have to tune in for another week to get the unanswered questions you have about any episode.  I know I have a role as a review and there is no hiding it. I honestly tell people I love to watch reality TV, it may not be all shows, but a lot of them are really good. My role is to be the person outside looking in. I am giving the show ratings by watching or following them on twitter. So actually when I think about it; the viewers can be looked at as the entertainers as well. We are drawn into the shows and discuss them, so the more interaction and excitement we as viewers bring to the show, the better it becomes.

Video Clip:  Basketball Wives LA