Reality television

The television reality show “Small People, Big World” records the daily life of the Roloffs’s family, of which being dwarfs, Matt and Amy have three children: Jeremy, Molly and Zach whom is a dwarf. Differing from the usual broadcasts, in Season 3 of “Small People, Big World” Episode 13, the show displayed an interview the family had with the TLC crew (Tyler Griffith, 2016). With several snatches of their past events, every one of them expressed their feelings about their show up on the…

shapes and sizes. Celebrities are seen by the world through news presses or reality TV shows. While some only watch celebrity news and reality TV shows for their fashion trends, hair styles, and hot bodies, not all celebrities want to be included in the showcase of being…

question asked by many “Why has it taken so long for Truman to begin to figure out there is an entire world revolving around him?” The director profoundly responds, “We accept the reality of the world we’re presented”. Truman does not question why his wife holds up products and sells them as if she was in a television commercial. He does not wonder why lights are falling from the sky; he has not known it to be anything else. The world in which Truman grew up in was so perfect that he himself,…

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has become a very popular title as of late. Since it has made its way to film, it has blown up. Whether it be the violence or the action, or the touching love scenes, the series appeals to a wide variety of young and old alike. The Hunger Games books, which go more in depth into the story than the films, is centered around a dystopian fantasy world set sometime in the future. This is after the social system of the present day has collapsed, war raged and a new…

The Bachelor, the reality television show that gives one lucky guy the chance to find “love” with one of approximately twenty-five willing women. The Bachelor has many of America’s middle aged women looking forward to monday night episodes, and the drama they entail. The Bachelor is almost always an exciting topic for conversation, there is rarely an episode that does not include heated drama or juicy romance. The Bachelor made its debut on March 25th, 2002, on ABC (Leopold). The show revolves…

How did media explore the effects of awareness to the world events? Media had introduced itself to the real world and was established in the mid 1800s and happened to take place in various types of world events. Not much has happened to the real world before media was actually introduced. People had no communication nor technology. This was a rough time for whoever participated in world events. This has strongly suffered many people throughout this time. However, some thought they can solve this…

In recent discussions of Family Guy, a controversial issue has been whether people should or should not watch the television show. On the one hand, some argue that Family Guy is pure entertainment and that nothing is inappropriate with the show. From this perspective, I find it completely absurd that people actually find it acceptable to engage with such a vulgar show. On the other hand; however, others argue that it is a cruel show that incorporate crude humorless jokes. In the words of…

The popular MTV show Catfish is based on online relationships of people that have never met in person and are looking for love while also exposing the fakes, and exploiting people’s lives The MTV show Catfish has made its mark in personal invasion and evasion of people’s lives. The show deters some people from following their hearts due to fakes, while on the other hand it helps people find their love by taking advantage of the new age of social media and technology. The show Catfish has saved…

In the critical review, we would like to share a well-known movie, which is directed by Robert Stromberg, entitled “Maleficent”. This movie is an action, adventure and family movie. The story is about two rival kingdoms, human kingdom, ruled by a vain and greedy king and the Moors, a peaceful kingdom. A powerful fairy, Maleficent helps Stefan who failed to steal jewel and they grow close. One day, the king wants to attack the Moors but been defeated and he wants to revenge through offers his…

‘The Truman Show’(1998, directed by Peter Weir) is a film about Truman Burbank(Jim Carrey), a man living in a world entirely constructed for him. Truman is the star of a reality TV show - but he doesn’t know it. He was orphaned as a child and therefore taken in by the TV cooperation and put in a world where everything is a set, everyone he meets is an actor, and every object holds a camera; through which his entire life is broadcasted to the rest of the world. I found this story to be very…