Our
View: Adult film enters reality TV
The
reality show fever has long been the bane
of television. The repetitiveness of the
plot lines and the crassness of the contestants
are usually enough to make any discerning
viewer sick.
Now
a new award-winning reality show wrought
with drama will be airing. There are no
island trips to survive, no inane roommates
to endure and no attached men to seduce,
well, sort of.
In
a new pay-per-view reality show almost 30
women will compete to be the next big thing
in the porn industry, with a one-year contract
and $100,000. Whatever. We're so jaded now
we aren't even fazed by the offensiveness
of the theme. But we are disappointed by
the lack of equal opportunity employment.
If
there is going to be a show about finding
up and coming porn stars why not throw some
men in there? We 'd like to see something
besides a bunch of fluff and cheesecake
and see some brawny, greasy porn star men,
the dark underbelly of the porn industry.
We believe in equal opportunity embarrassment,
especially if it's finding a bunch of Ron
Jeremy look-alikes down at the local dirty
bookstore.
We
understand that most men are so desperate
to see a pair of breasts on a blond, professional
woman that they'll watch any garbage that
comes along. But take pity on their poor
girlfriends and wives, at least while there
men are drooling on the remote control they
can see a little new talent too.
The
entertainment industry thinks this stuff
is going to sell, but even on pay-per-view
it's only going to be the R-rated version.
If people want porn, why don't they just
go buy porn? If people want a reality show,
watch the news every once in a while.
A
trip toward full tilt gratuitous sex and
smut is fine and dandy. People can get this
stuff on every block if they really wanted
it. Why are people going to rent a reality
show that stops just short of being hard-core,
and turns a pretty professional business
into a game show.
It's
a good thing they got failed gubernatorial
candidate Mary Carey to host the show, it
is going to need all the help it can get.
Maybe if Ron Jeremy pulled a guest appearance,
we would all tune in, he's a hottie.
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