Unreal TV

[the_siobhan]

I KNOW there are people on my f-list who watch reality shows. Can't fool me, I know you are out there.

So I ask you, what shows do you like? Which ones do you hate? Which shows do you love to hate?

And Why?

Let's call it research.

(And it just occurs to me now - are there communities devoted to such things?)

Comments

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Oh! And I like Jamie Oliver shows. Do they count?

That sounds familiar - are they cooking shows?

[a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com]

He's a chef, yeah. His earliest shows were all cooking (which I wasn't into - Dom is, heh). Then he got full-on into working with youth in Bwitain - took on the school dinner system in British schools and proved that kids could be given good, nutritious foods for bugger all money. Then started up a restaurant called 15 in which he gave homeless and chronically unemployed kids a chance at a cook's apprenticeship. That's what really won me over - he was fantastic with those kids. Firm and fair and no-nonsense. He's back to his full-on cooking shows now, but I'm a fan. :)

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I did dip in and out of Jamie's Kitchen and the first two seasons of My Restaurant Rules.

I found them compelling for different reasons - Jamie's Kitchen because it had pluck and drama (street urchins make good, or not) and MRR because it was the lead in to Lost, and because the struggle to get a restaurant of the ground, and the need to operate a business, was compelling.