Friday, April 11

The Reality Is... - Slate weighs in with a piece about just how good at communicating the ladies of the second season of Sorority Life really are. These opinions help to reinforce the piece that I read in the print edition of Entertainment Weekly earlier (unfortunately, not available online). Basically, it boils down the message that reality shows are giving us: you know, that other people's pain and humiliation is great entertainment and that all women are flighty, superficial, gold-digging connivers--like on Joe Millionaire, The Bachelor, Survivor and Sorority Life and that all men are dumb, sex-obsessed louts--like on Joe Millionaire, Survivor and Fraternity Life. Of course, those reputations will only be enhanced once Monica Lewinsky takes the reins of Fox's Mr. Personality.