Reality Shows Just What Is The Charm.
My grandmother could always come up with an old saying relevant to the situation at hand. One of her favorites about how the truth was often stranger than fiction is borne out daily on reality TV shows. For me the charm of reality programs is getting a glimpse of how others live behind closed doors.
For example Fatal Attractions is an Animal Planet show about people who own unique pets. On a recent episode a family actually had crocodiles wandering about their house. Other episodes have focused on free roaming snakes, monkeys and even a bison. A similar Animal Planet program explores the lives of animal hoarders and offers shocking visions of homes overrun and ruined by dozens of animal occupants.
Other examples of behavioral extremes can be found on shows such as The Secret Lives of Women and Strange Sex. Toddlers & Tiaras exposes the world of child pageantry and I am often shocked by what these parents will put their babies through to bring home a cheesy crown. Sister Wives chronicles the lives of a polygamist husband, his four wives and his many, many children.
For me reality TV seems to fill some type of voyeuristic need for outrageous behavior. Might my own life be so tame that I need a jolt of shocking reality?