Reality game shows

I do not consider myself to be a fan of reality game shows. In fact I am proud that I had never watched a reality game show completely. However recently I decided to start watching a reality game show to understand why people love them so much and why do this shows have so much of popularity.

I started watching reality game show that began a couple of days ago. I started watching it from day one where celebrities entered of facility where they were divided into two different group. Here the concept is similar to the most shows where the participants are required to completely disconnect from the outside world.

I was on episode 3 that is when I started to realise that watching this show was one of the biggest mistakes. The participants had been fighting like cats and dogs. Whenever there were huge fights between the participants they would scream at the top of their lungs. Their fights would get so ugly that they would also start hitting each other. They would scream curses at each other.

There fights were not just limited to the issues but they would bring their worst side on the show. They would make personal remarks such as their professions, relationships, body, looks, everything. Their behaviour was so poor that they had been acting like children whose emotions are completely disregulated. I was shocked to see that participants who had been older than 20 years of age had been acting like children. Looking at them felt like kindergarten would be easier to manage as compared with such unruly grown up adults. They had no manners or etiquettes.

I had thought of watch stopping to watch the reality show but then decided to continue for a couple of episodes. But then yesterday was the last straw. I saw an ugly fight in the show. There was a lot of screaming and cursing. One of the participants made ugly remarks about other participant's family background. This is when I decided that such show does not need my attention. I felt disgusted with this worst kind of behaviour. Looking at such content felt to me that I had been losing the sanity to make everyday decisions and conversations. Overall I felt the show had been highly disrespectful not only to the participants but also towards the viewers. In fact I felt embarrassed and humiliated myself while watching it. I could not believe that someone from the network approved it to be shown on air.

This is when I stopped watching the show. Today I wondered how audience can tolerate such a horrible show. I saw that on social media this show is gaining a lot of attention and people had been commenting that they are liking how fiercely the participants are fighting. This again made me wonder that whether I had been watching the same show as other people are watching. Because I could never enjoy someone fighting with our on screen or in reality. I am still shocked that audience ate enjoying unruly behavior from so called celebrities.

I am aware that most of these reality shows are scripted but it is completely beyond my tolerance. If I find any show to be disrespectful I would not continue to watch it. I do not wish to say that nobody should watch the reality game shows. But for me this genre is a complete no go. I wish to go back in time where I had not been exposed to this vile content.