Last Monday, I, along with many other excited viewers tuned into the season premiere of the Bachelorette. I am a sucker for reality television, so obviously I watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette. I don't believe it really works, and don't take it seriously whatsoever, but I still love to watch it. All the made-up drama can be really amusing. And clearly a lot of other people find it amusing as well. 7.17 million people watched the premiere this week.
Many people are completely against all reality television, saying it is trash and not at all real. I definitely agree that it isn't real and can see where they are coming from. It is not normal at all for people to fall in love in two months, while there are cameras filming their every move and every word. In no way is that like real life. Reality TV has become more and more prominent in our society in recent years, with shows ranging from The Kardashians to The Real Housewives, to name a few.
I think with these shows becoming more and more popular it shows a common theme. In all these shows the producers are using the people/families for entertainment. It is so often that these producers create fake drama within the show to generate viewers and to make their show interesting, which also gives people a wrong idea of what the person is like in real life. America often portrays these celebrities (if we can call them that, considering they often have no talent) as completely different people on reality shows, giving a false impression of them to the fans. This then makes the viewers believe that life is completely different than it actually is. It is next to impossible to fall in love in two months, ON TV. People shouldn't believe that it is.
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