Do you want to be a Reality TV Star?

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If you had to sign up for one of the reality shows, which would you be on? Would you go for the adventure of "Survivor", or the hipness of "Real World"? Would you trade 24-hour coverage on "Big Brother" for the limited time the editors have to weave you an embarrassing story line? And if you were on the show, do you think you could win?

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000

Answers

I think I'd chose to be on the Real World... but basically for practical considerations. They obviously have the best living conditions and it's the cushiest tour of duty. Unfortunately, I think I'm too old. Isn't 25 the cutoff?

The Real World and Survivor are really no different from 60 Minutes. They (60 Minutes) chop up interviews to serve their purpose as well.

In fact, I think it would be interesting to see how they spin things.

-A

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000


I have a strange desire to be on Big Brother. Something about the whole situation fascinates me.

I doubt I could win. I could probably last a while, but I doubt I'd outlast everybody.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000


Real World. Easiest job, get a cool house, I'm young and vapid enough, and someone at MTV'd have to be amused by...well, no comment. Gotta save some secrets for TV ;)

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000

I'd love to be on Big Brother, though the somewhat mean-spirited turns the producers have taken (in making the guests say mean things about one another and setting up situations where conflicts *must* happen on a personal level) has put me off of the idea, a little.

I like the idea of the whole world being able to see what I'm up to 24 hours a day. I think it would be a fascinating experience.

I don't think I'd win. I might be able to last until around the middle of the game, but that all depends on who else would be picked to live in the house. For the most part, I'm pretty non- confrontational, but I do have a couple of hot-button issues.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2000


Survivor. No question. They don't have to give me the money. I just want to live on the island and eat rats and manta ray. I won't mind the snakes. I'll eat the larvae. I'd let my legs get infested with sand fleas and live on rice for a month.

I'd even live with Rudy. I'm so jealous I could scream.

I'm going to hold out for the year they go to Africa before I submit my audition tape, though. (Africam is really getting to me.)

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2000



Oh no. Oh no no no. There's no way I would agree to be on one of those shows. It has nothing to do with larvae or Mormons or Orwellian Thought Experiments. I could hack the nastiness, no problem.

What it is, is this: Mid-scratch, -weird face, -pantyhose contortions, -lingerie adjustment, -itchy girlie bit wiggle, I often stop and think "Good Lord, I am so glad no one can see me right now." Because that's the sort of thing I think about.

Dammit, I couldn't stop doing the weird things that people do when no one's watching them. I don't have that sort of bodily control. I can't imagine why anyone would submit to having their burps and other bodily emissions (and bodily necessities! I forgot about those!) filmed for all posterity. No way.

I mean, I still have that sort of wildly egotistical inner voice that says I'd be fabulously interesting to watch, but y'know, it basically comes down to the fact that I refuse to shove a tampon in while America's watching.

But of course, I'll share about that in front of the entire forum.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 2000


Can I please become an Tv star?

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

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