the trend is disturbing, this reality tv thing. first it was (ruined) real world, then road rules, then survivor as the staples of people just being and being observed. then the focus shifted to love, what with classics like joe millionaire, paradise island and of course the bachelor and bachelorette. after a brief stint of obsession with gameshows, we've arrived at the latest fad: fat people.
there are alot of fat people in our country. big shock, i'm sure. and, of course, when you have an abundance of something to make fun of and exploit, there's no better way to do so than to make a reality show of it. or five.
celebrity fit club and the biggest loser started us off, followed by something else, something else, shaq's big challenge, something else and now...fat march?!?! a bunch of fat people walking off their blubber on a 500 mile hike across the country. i guess nowadays anything will pass as entertainment.
it may seem that i have something against shows about fat people (i do), or that i'm simply a little late to the party by stating the obvious about the proliferation of (pseudo) reality shows. no, the roundabout point in all of this is the irony of all the shows: that the very people watching the fat people change their lives and get healthy are slowing rotting themselves to death, sitting on their couch engaging in exactly the same lifestyle habits that got the "contestants" on these shows in the first place. maybe we could have a reality show about that? what would it be called.....
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