Maybe the fun of reality TV is that it actually can reflect reality. Take the microcosm that is Big Brother season 8. BB is somewhat of a 'last man standing competition', starting with 14 contestants and every week one is voted out by the other housemates until only one remains.
Now I know it's not the most watched reality show, but for once we got hooked due to a dull summer tv season and of course because there was no Rock*Star.
This season featured a man named Richard (Evel Dick) Donato and his extranged daughter Danielle wherein they were attempting to possibly reconcile they're relationship.
Danielle is a 21 year old waitress and Dick is a 44 year old bartender from LA. One of those bars that all the rock stars go to. He's a cross between Dennis Leary in attitude and looks akin to Tommy Lee with about as many tattoos.. He's brash and crude and sometimes lewd. No matter what, his forwardness and brashness, although it might have seemed brazen, tactics-wise it worked splendidly.
There were three other contestants in the house that were advancing to the final 8. One was a god fearing girl named Jameka, the only who often prayed before and after competitions and in fact probably prayed every minute.
Along with her was a someone whom she'd befriended named Amber who always cried about nearly everything. She claimed that Jameka restored her faith in god. Also, there was Zach. He claimed that Jameka also allowed him to find god again. It was no question that Dick was playing the Devils Advocate as he constantly chided them on thier faith and it's futility.
All three of them believed that they could beat the Evil Donatos aka "the bad people" simply by praying to god. Each time they prayed. They prayed to win contests. They prayed to evict the Donatos They prayed to win the competition. I mean, Zach was clearly in better shape and 20 years younger than Dick who was the oldest member of the house and yet the "evil team" prevailed.
They prayed so much they forgot to try a simpler method... How about be better at what you do and stop relying on empty prayers that fall on deaf if not non existant ears?
It's just like the last set of miners. They prayed to get them out and they were abandoned and left for dead. How much more proof do you need that prayer is useless?
Needless to say, this isn't a movie and evil does win quite often. In this case, all these prayer filled bastions of god have been evicted from the game and the "evil Donato duo" is going on to win over half a million dollars. Let alone the fact that these people have developed a serious fanbase along with support from America itself with the tasks given their in house mole called "America's Player".
This was one time that the public rooted for the dark side and the darkness won. It's a different world now... I think I'm finally starting to like it.
"HAIL THYSELF!!"
Posted by Darkstar at September 15, 2007 12:23 AM | TrackBack