Analysis Of Reality Television: Oxymoron

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Maybe you want to eat worm-based cakes, or fish eyeballs, or even jump off of a building-- but through the television glass, even the scariest of moments of reality can be entertaining. In the article “Reality Television: Oxymoron,” George F. Will speaks about television desensitizing people to important issues. Many shows broadcast are very violent, causing a domino effect resulting in darker and darker shows designed to compete. George F. Will agrees; reality television is more mainstream drama than “reality.”

As Will watches television, he sees degrading things on most channels. I agree with Will because he brings up many key points about how reality television is getting out of hand. The shows being broadcasted in society

WILL argues,” America, determined to amuse itself into inanition, is becoming increasingly desensitized” (295). This quote is explaining how entertainment is seeking a mass audience is stepping up the violence, sexuality, and degradation because that’s the only way to appeal to the mass of the population. A lot of games such as GTA a reality game, which focuses on violence, chaos, and even sexual fantasies can be bought by anyone to play. In this type of reality game stealing someone’s car, and even robbing the bank is considered normal. This desensitizes people so that once it happened in real life they will be more accustomed and will not fear it as much if they were not exposed to it. I agree with the authors claim because America is determined to amuse its self by desensitizing everyone by creating all these games and other inventions to get people ready to see even worse. For example, growing up when I was in the back yard playing I seen this boy he had hit someone with a rock and scrapped the boys knee. Everyone looked at the blood coming from the knee and started to run away, the boy to initiate the attack staid and watched the blood pouring from the kid’s knee. This right here is a perfect example on how we are becoming desensitized by reality simulated entertainment. The boy staring at the blood had no

WILL and I both can see the major effects that “reality” television has on many of people. It creates more violence, perversity, and even can desensitize people to the everyday taboo. When I say taboo I am referring to the shedding of blood, conducting violence, killing, and any other things that degrade humans. I want to stress the fact that many people do not understand because you are taking part of a specific show, it is influencing you in some ways. Weather you realize it or not the many shows that you are watching are changing your thought on society. Let’s try to wake up our society by showing out the shows for what they truly