Violence & Drama

Americans crave violence and drama. The more the better. TV shows, movies, and video games are all loaded with graphics that stimulate us. It takes a lot of action to keep us entertained. That is why our TV shows, movies, and video games keep getting more and more violent and less conservative. I think that we crave violence and drama because it’s not something that happens in our everyday lives. We see a fight out in public and it’s so entertaining. Everyone who is around just stops what they’re doing and watches. Same with drama. If girls get into a mouth battle at school, everyone watches to see what will happen, and it’s not only until a little after they have started ripping each other’s hair out that anyone will stop it. It’s like an adrenaline rush to see a fight in person. It’s thrilling, but no one wants it to happen to them. While watching TV, most people see violence and stop flipping through the channels. The stimulating aspects of the media can catch anyone’s attention at any given time. The Hunger Games shows violence and tragedy, so the people of the town want to watch it. It’s especially interesting to them because they personally know the people participating in the games. It’s kind of different because the people of Panem are forced to watch the games. Even though it is mandatory to watch the games, I still think that the people would watch even if it wasn’t mandatory. If things like this happened in my town, I wouldn’t want to watch my neighbors fight til their death.

Reality TV

Keeping up with the Kardashians - An episode about Chloe dating.

Chloe, Kim, & Kourtney are all sisters. Chloe is the youngest and she looks different than her sisters. She’s taller and bigger. Kim and Kourtney both have boyfriends and they want Chloe to have one too. Kim and Kourtney get on a dating website and make a profile for Chloe. The next day they get on and she had 99 “winks,” which is like a poke on facebook, meaning that the person is interested. Chloe’s sisters set her up on blind dates and none of them were successful. Chloe thinks that her sisters are annoying so to get them off her case she says that she’s going out with one of the guys, but really Chloe just goes out to dinner with her girlfriends. She gets satisfaction out of lying to her sisters. Us as viewers, watch the show because it would be nice if we were Kim Kardashian. We could be drop dead gorgeous, own range rovers, and have a dream wedding. Kim Kardashian’s dream wedding episode got sky high ratings, even though her marriage only lasted 72 days. Some say the wedding was just a joke. However, it is intriguing for girls to watch this show because we can keep up on the latest fashions. Also every girl dreams of their wedding day, so we all loved watching Kim’s wedding. We support these programs and play in “the games” by simply viewing the show and giving it ratings that keep it on the air. We also support them by buying the products such as perfume, clothes, and jewelry that they come out with. I enjoyed watching this show because it was filled with drama. I think that’s why we are so interested in reality TV. We can watch the drama nationwide, and then talk about it with our friends. We don’t like drama when it is involved with our lives though. That’s what makes it addicting to watch, drama happening to other people.

Here’s a link to the episode that I watched: http://youtu.be/hbSvy0qnvDU

This link shows why the Kardashian family fascinates so many people: http://youtu.be/cM8U6Txc6nc