More Signs Of The Apocalypse
Okay, I know I’m too young to be this persnickety about popular entertainment and the world in general, but, well, the world is too full of idiotic things to ignore. As you may have gathered, I’m not a big watcher of reality TV. Regular episodes of “What Not To Wear” and occasional forays into “Top Design” are about as trashy as it gets for me. It’s several things, really. The people on most reality shows are deliberately selected to be not-too-bright and actively obnoxious, so much so that after a while, I start worrying that the dumb is going to rub off. There isn’t a chance in hell I’d choose to spend time with most of these people in real life, so why would I want to bring them into my living room? And at least in scripted television there’s a chance that someone will say something clever or do something interesting. If I want people living normal life… I have my own life for that.
So, I am obviously not the target audience for this series, but still: HOW is there a whole series entitled “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant”? I can understand how this could be an amusing or interesting special. But a whole series? What is this contributing to the world? I realize that, dumb as it sounds, there are in fact situations in which it’s possible for women who are not total idiots to not realize that they are pregnant. Women who are carrying extra weight, have irregular cycles, have other medical issues, etc. I get that, although I do still wonder how you get to the point of being in labor before you figure it out. I find it impossible to imagine how more than an hour of this could possibly be education, though, and a whole series? I can’t see how they could avoid running through a trillion women who make the same dumb decisions ignoring their symptoms, and what does anyone get out of that except an opportunity to make fun? Come on, people.
oh, where is the laughing smiley when I need it. HGTV is about as close to reality television as it’s ever going to get for me (and like you, the occasional “what not to wear”). I would be horrified to sit and watch that, even once, let alone over, and over and over again in the form of a series. I can’t imagine not knowing I was pregnant and I feel for the women that this has happened to but to watch it every week on television? I’m with you K., I think I’ll pass.