Do We Really Need A Reality TV School?
Have you heard of the New York Reality TV School? According to their website:
Every week thousands of people audition for Reality TV shows, the competition is fierce and the odds of making it past the first round of submissions are very slim. Do you know what it takes to get noticed? And if you are fortunate enough to be called in, will you be able handle the pressure of this once in a lifetime opportunity?
Well if you don’t think you can handle the pressure of “this once in a lifetime opportunity” the NYRTS swears they can help you. They have one time workshops and get this, five week workshops. Does someone really need a five week workshop to know how to audition for a show where you’ll be required to sit in a hot tub and spout phrases like, “I didn’t come here to make friends?”
The NYRTS evidently thinks so because they’re willing to charge you $300 for the five week privilege.
Does anyone else find this as weird as I do? I seriously think it’s now time to stop calling Reality TV, Reality TV. How about calling it Unreal TV? Or Fake TV? Or TV For Aspiring Actors and Actresses Pretending To Be Real People?
Personally I prefer my reality show contestants to be as naive as possible. I want to watch people who are totally ignorant to the wicked, wicked ways of the reality TV world. I want contestants who will be shocked and stunned when they watch the show and discover the producer’s have edited them to look like the reality show equivalent of Attila the Hun. Now that’s television.
Via TV Tattle