I was observing some entertainment sites especially Deadline.com and I was observing that Charlie Sheen is getting his own reality show after all of the mess that he’s been in lately. His show “Two and a Half Men” getting cancelled, his ex-wife taking him, to court over the custody of his children, and then his rants to the media about everything that is going on with him. I mean when is enough is enough? Has society gotten to the point that when they see a celebrity go through the ringer, people thrive on it wanting to see more and more? Now there talks of him getting a reality show. I don’t know but, its like where did creativity go out the window and has been replaced by sheer drama of everyday life.
Reality TV, watching entertainment news shows like ET, The Insider, and TMZ thrive off from it and people seem to be wanting more and more. It makes a person wonder about the future of the entertainment business. Reality is hard enough to deal with. But when people get to a point of watching someone else’s misery or drama, it’s a little sad. The saying “misery loves company” brings new meaning to reality TV. My observation is this, people in general have enough misery going on in their own lives and when they see a celebrity like Charlie Sheen go through his share of it people watch because they want to see what happens next, like a soap opera. A few years back, Brittney Spears went through the gauntlet of drama in here life, and so did Michael Jackson when he was alive. Everyone likes to see drama, whether it’s real or if it’s scripted. As far as I’m concerned, there’s enough drama in the world to write volumes upon volumes of books on it.
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