Some ramblings on Reality TV

[hatter_anon]

I'm a relatively recent viewer of reality TV. I held out for a long time before succumbing to my voyeuristic tendencies and tuning in to see what all the fuss was about. Nothing much as it turns out, but I still watch it every now and then. How is it that such junk can take up half our air time and we'll all avidly talk about the contestants'

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[bushwalker]

I'm into the garden, clothing and home makeover shows. I actually have done a garden makeover. I got a consultant to help tell me what to plant after I told her what I wanted and what I liked. Then we did all the implementation work. It was really good because she suggested plants that I didn't know about and they served my purposes beautifully. I'm still satisfied with the outcome.

I also did a room makeover and the ideas I get from watching those shows helped. You are able to access professional ideas via their examples. The other thing I like about these shows is that they often put a budget to it so it seems an acessible idea. I love all the creativity.

At the moment, after months of pregnancy/post birth recovery, I'm fashion mad and am morphing into a "What Not To Wear" nazi. I'm ardently trying to follow the rules and I look at what people around me are wearing with that analysis. I'm a lay-by queen and haven't been this obsessed with clothes since high school/uni. Once again it's the creativity and the accessibility of redressing ordinary women in the context of their shape, lifestyle and personality that seems accessible to me. I'm now frustrated by trying to find web sites about fashion that aren't about the high end, elitist stuff which doesn't interest me. After all, they steal their inspiration what what ordinary people are wearing!

[hatter_anon]

I think any kind of makeover is fun! That's the appeal of those shows isn't it, to dream of what you could do yourself!

[bushwalker]

I think they do a lot to help you self actualise if you so choose. I also love Wife Swap and Supernanny. I'm hoping a friend of mine watches Supernanny! It's interesting to see how inept people are at parenting; it's all about setting boundaries and people obviously haven't gotten beyond the hitting paradigm and don't know how to cope without it if they think it's a bad thing.. or possibly discover it doesn't work. Still the temptation is to laugh at these people who are really laying it on the line but it doesn't say much for our culture to leave people in a mess without a clear way forward. I hope Supernanny helps address that.

[hatter_anon]

I'm afraid Supernanny annoys the hell out of me. I see what you're saying, but I find it too painful to watch. 'Nanny' is a misnomer, she doesn't nanny, she teaches parenting skills. And she can't pronounce acceptable. I watched five minutes and had to change channels! (This from the girl who admitted to the crimes above - go figure!)