"It's only $150,000."

Shows like The Real Housewives of [insert locality here] and My Super Sweet 16 and any other show that glorifies rich people behaving idiotically make me physically ill. I just saw a commercial for the new season of TRH of Orange County and I wanted to DIE.

I don't know what purpose these shows are supposed to serve. Are they meant to be a cautionary tale that being rich doesn't mean being happy? Are they meant to expose certain members of the upper class as complete and utter morons? Are they meant to instill awe in the viewer that lifestyles like these exist and that we should dream and aspire to be just like them? Well, whatever the purpose, it doesn't really matter. The mere fact that someone would build a show around this sends a message that as long as you live the fab life, it doesn't matter if you're a completely horrid or at least impractical human being--you're going to garner (undeserved) attention.

Excuse me while I run to the bathroom to vomit.

EDIT: So I just caught another snippet of a commercial and there was a lady on there who has a son battling heroin addiction and some other lady who knows someone dying of cancer or whatever. As if to point out: hey, rich people have problems just like yours. And I mean, yeah, fine, they're people too. They're prone to having the shit hit the fan. But plenty of people who are less well-to-do know people with cancer or know someone with a drug addiction, and these people ALSO have the added disadvantage that they might not be able to get the latest treatments or send their loved ones to rehab or whatever. Boo-fucking-hoo. (I'd also like to point out that normal people also can't normally afford to drop $150,000 on a watch to try and fill the void left by the problems they have in their lives. I mean, sure, money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you a nice little distraction. Definitely helps with coping if you ask me.)

So where the fuck is MY television show?

I 100% agree. The Hills is another example of that. It's infuriating that people like that who have done nothing in life to deserve attention have their own shows.
» Praetorian on 2008-11-12 11:59:34

I caught some of TRH of Atlanta and almost lost it when one of the women spelled cat k-a-t.

Those shows just prove money can't buy class or intelligence. Or maturity. Especially maturity.
» Chloefoxx on 2008-11-12 01:10:36

There's that show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody that always sympathizes with the rich girl... I always found that kind of annoying. Like, she'll say "this is the only thing I have for myself" and walk off all "sad".

I figure that the idea is to realize everyone has problems, it's just they're not getting the message across very well.
» randomjunk on 2008-11-12 04:27:15

It's way more fun to watch reality tv about rich morons. If they had a show about well-mannered intelligent people no one would watch it. Unless they make them do things, like play Jeopardy! If they were just sitting around interacting with each other, you would fall asleep, much like I fell asleep watching "Before Sunrise". Pseudo-intellectuals. I hate them.
And nobody likes to watch shows about stupid poor people, because it makes you feel guilty somehow.

By the way, my friend's wife got on Jeopardy. Watch it... December 9th I think... Lydia.
» Zanzibar on 2008-11-12 06:22:06

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