Is Reality TV Really Real?

Remember several years ago when "reality television" was first introduced a la MTV's The Real World? It was a time when this idea was novel, fresh and intriguing. What was The Real World, you ask? It was cited as being a true story of what happens when you put 7 different people in the same house. When the first one roled around to being aired, everyone who saw it thought it was a cute, fresh idea. However, since the first Reality Show, a whole spectrum of reality shows have hit the air.

The Flavor of Love

Flavor Flav was a very popular artist in the 80's who was known for his love of big clocks and this outrageous behavior. He returned recently to put on his own reality show called The Flavor of Love. After one season came and went - a relationship didn't work out and soon enough there was the introduction to Flavor of Love 2. This one seemed more hopeful as a slew of single women were invited into Flavor's home and through a process of getting to know dates - girls were either kept and eliminated. However, season two also reintroduced us to New York, who was the runner up in season one. It seemed almost too set up when she returned and people began betting on her staying right up to the end of the show. Lo and behold, she did, but not without causing as much trouble and mischief as allowed. Her immaturity and manipulative ways seemed almost too made up to be real - more of an attention cry than a real person. Then of course, you discover the girls who have agents get them onto the show in order to boost their own careers. Flavor does dispose of these girls as soon as he discovers their real intent for being on the show. However, there is nothing beneficial to be earned from seeing girls backstab each other in hopes of dating an eligible bachelor. In fact, after New York lost a second time, Flavor set into motion a follow-up for New York - getting her a chance to find true love in a not-yet-released television show called "I Love New York".

Survivor.. any series