As a culture, I think its pretty difficult to set a bar on how far we will go to make profitable media. I mean it is possible for the bar to go pretty low but as long as people are watching the television show, it does not really matter how low the bar gets as long as the station is profiting. The only way for the people to not allow the show to profit with an already low-set bar, is to not show the show at all so that the station stops creating episodes. However, that is almost impossible to do because we as humans still see it as entertainment and we’re probably going to watch it regardless no matter how bad it is.
As Token said in the South Park episode, “the bar is determined by society and its not something that can just be raised up”. I’ll have to agreed with Token because as long as society is watching the shows, they are accepting it and the bar would not matter. It would take a very long time for a standard bar to be set if a bar is set since it is determined by society and society is made up of thousands of individuals have all have different opinions.
In the ‘Its Here to Stay’ article, the author states that “as long as audiences continue to tune in, networks will continue to offer reality television as entertainment” simple because it is “simple economics”. I will also have to agree with because the audiences will allow networks to create more seasons since they are making money off the shows. So in my eyes and realistically speaking without some kind of crazy show being made that is similar to The Hunger Games for example, the bar has no limit or the limit is very low, since it will be based off the acceptance of society and how big of an audience will sit through the show.
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Your blog post made so much sense to me! I liked it a lot, one of your main points on how everyone is different and has different opinions is true. Because half the people are disgusted by reality shows while the other half tune in every week to watch the new episodes. I guess you can say it is all about supply and demand.
Your blog was real good. I am going to say in the south park episode, Token stated how the bar is based on society. I believe that is true. Our social entertainment creates entertainment on the way our country runs through making fun of ourselves to even the serious current events.
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“…but as long as people are watching the television show, it does not really matter how low the bar gets as long as the station is profiting.”
I keep coming back to ponder those thoughts: the benefits of profit over people as a moral dilemma in society.
The Hunger Games is a trip, no? I don’t know anything about it besides the movies (and the spoof). It does, however, mark the line of how far we can’t go. I agree – mostly anything will go.
That’s a good point, will shows keep trying to outpace each other trying to come up with something more extreme and attention-grabbing? What is the limit with reality TV before it becomes too crazy? I think reality TV is like any other trend. I think it’ll eventually get so crazy that it becomes over the top and people don’t want to watch it. Then some other type of TV format will come along and replace it. Good post.