THE PLANK DECEMBER 15, 2009
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Just when you thought reality TV couldn't get any ickier, WaPo's Lisa de Moraes tells us that the CW network is trolling for women (translation: hot, 20-something women) with a range of mental illnesses sufficiently entertaining to sustain a reality series. Think: anorexia, bulimia, rage issues, shopping addiction, and--the holy grail--sex addiction. And, oh yes, ideally the specimens involved will lead double lives, fooling friends and co-workers by day only to cut loose with their naughty and compulsive behaviors under cover of darkness.
Somebody should burn in hell for this.
2 comments
Isn't this just making explicit the selection criteria normally used by reality shows? That list of psychological conditions sounds like the pitch for a new season of the Real World
- Simon Greenwood
December 15, 2009 at 2:07pm
They used to say that recognizing a problem is the first step toward solving it. Now I guess it's the first step toward commercializing it.
- Geoff G
December 16, 2009 at 10:28am