Honey Boo Boo

With the new reality show “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” it really starts putting what Americans are watching these days into perspective. With this young child being raised the way she is and getting rewarded for her crazy behavior, it’s scary to think about the future for this little girl. This is a prime example of people doing whatever possible to get on TV and get paid to act as ridiculous as they do. I agree with Mitch Albom when he states that it is hard to believe that two million people enjoy watching this and continue to come back each and every week.  Like Tony Scott's suicide, so many people filmed it but no one tried to stop him from jumping off the bridge. With so many people watching this show they just do it for their own personal enjoyment or to find themselves some humor. Lately it seems that the crazier, more disturbing, ridiculous shows get the most attention and are the most popular. It sickens me to hear that there were so many people that would film such a devastating event such as Tony Scott’s suicide.

                I think we are so drawn to reality TV because we can live their kind of life without the consequences. We can somewhat feel like we are living with the characters, in the Jersey Shore house or being apart of The Bachelor,  and connect with the characters without having to deal with all the drama or chaos.

                I completely agree with Mitch Albom when he asks, is reality TV making us apathetic? We would much rather sit back and enjoy what other silly things a dysfunctional family gets into rather than helping sort them out. Same goes for stopping a man commit suicide, we wouldn’t want to get involved rather just get popular for posting it on YouTube.