So I was actually planning on writing this a few days ago but due to sheer laziness didn't get around to it. Anyways, let try to explain the title of the post. I hate American reality shows with a passion. Reality TV, for the most part, exploits attention whores and overly aggressive meat heads in a poorly constructed soap opera like scenario to placate to the lowest common denominator of our society. Of course I'm excluding the talent competition and the self/home improvement reality shows, although shades of the crappy type of reality shows I described earlier seem to be present in all American reality shows.
There are exceptions that I think are worth mentioning before I move on to Korea. Shows like the first five seasons or so of The Real World /*Basically all the seasons before Hawaii*/. The Real World was originally a great show with a good premise. You take seven people with diverse backgrounds and force them to live in a house together, then watch what happens. This is supposed to be the premise of the current incarnation of The Real World but what made the old seasons great is that they cast normal everyday people as apposed to the wanna be actress/model/frat guy types that are cast now. Another awesome show was Can't Get A Date which premiered on VH1 and then got moved to the Logo network. What was great about this show was that they would pull an old switcheroo, where they would begin with a neurotic freak who was self described as undateable and then give them a makeover and a healthy dose of self confidence. What you would have at the end of the show was a slightly less neurotic freak who had just enough confidence in themselves to get a date /*Please note that Logo is a gay lifestyle network and therefore only air the episodes with gay contestants*/. I like these shows because they actually resembled reality in some sense and part of the aim of the show was to make the cast members experience some sort of personal growth.
Now that we all have sense for the kind show I like let me introduce to you something I discovered fairly recently. The name of this Korean import is called Love Fighter and the gist of the show is a couple with a dispute goes on the show to argue their side infront of a panel of judges and a studio audience /*This kind of a guess because the show is in Korean without subtitles and I can't speak the language*/. Each couple take turns giving an argument and letting their partner give a counterpoint all while the judges comment on and ask questions about the dispute. When one paramour is unable to respond a countdown is initiated and if their is still no response then he or she loses the battle.
The reason why I like the show is simple. First, they cast regular looking people. Not super model wanabees or gym rat muscleshirt guys but everyday type people you can see on the street /*if you lived in Korea that is*/. Second, the dispute is often resolved by the end of the show. Either by the judges funny/insightful comments or by the participants hearing their thoughts in a controled environment it seems that the dispute almost always gets resolved by the end of the show /*at least from the 3 episodes I've seen*/. That's the show in a nut shell stay tuned for the next installment where I will talk about The Story Telling Club (Story Teller's Club).
Also because I don't speak nor understand Korean I would like to hear from anyone else who has seen the show if I gave an accurate discrition.
There are exceptions that I think are worth mentioning before I move on to Korea. Shows like the first five seasons or so of The Real World /*Basically all the seasons before Hawaii*/. The Real World was originally a great show with a good premise. You take seven people with diverse backgrounds and force them to live in a house together, then watch what happens. This is supposed to be the premise of the current incarnation of The Real World but what made the old seasons great is that they cast normal everyday people as apposed to the wanna be actress/model/frat guy types that are cast now. Another awesome show was Can't Get A Date which premiered on VH1 and then got moved to the Logo network. What was great about this show was that they would pull an old switcheroo, where they would begin with a neurotic freak who was self described as undateable and then give them a makeover and a healthy dose of self confidence. What you would have at the end of the show was a slightly less neurotic freak who had just enough confidence in themselves to get a date /*Please note that Logo is a gay lifestyle network and therefore only air the episodes with gay contestants*/. I like these shows because they actually resembled reality in some sense and part of the aim of the show was to make the cast members experience some sort of personal growth.
Now that we all have sense for the kind show I like let me introduce to you something I discovered fairly recently. The name of this Korean import is called Love Fighter and the gist of the show is a couple with a dispute goes on the show to argue their side infront of a panel of judges and a studio audience /*This kind of a guess because the show is in Korean without subtitles and I can't speak the language*/. Each couple take turns giving an argument and letting their partner give a counterpoint all while the judges comment on and ask questions about the dispute. When one paramour is unable to respond a countdown is initiated and if their is still no response then he or she loses the battle.
The reason why I like the show is simple. First, they cast regular looking people. Not super model wanabees or gym rat muscleshirt guys but everyday type people you can see on the street /*if you lived in Korea that is*/. Second, the dispute is often resolved by the end of the show. Either by the judges funny/insightful comments or by the participants hearing their thoughts in a controled environment it seems that the dispute almost always gets resolved by the end of the show /*at least from the 3 episodes I've seen*/. That's the show in a nut shell stay tuned for the next installment where I will talk about The Story Telling Club (Story Teller's Club).
Also because I don't speak nor understand Korean I would like to hear from anyone else who has seen the show if I gave an accurate discrition.
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