Joe Posnanski, while writing about that bizarre new Tiger Woods/Nike commercial:
I sometimes play this game with friends: Think about the single most insane reality TV show premise you can imagine (where nobody dies in the end). OK. You have it in your mind? The weirdest reality TV show you can think of?
Now tell me: Is your show significantly dumber than a show about Bret Michaels, lead singer of Poison, inviting 20 women to his mansion to “compete for his heart.” Is your show significantly more insulting than “The Littlest Groom,” a show about a 4-foot-5 man searching for love and finding (much to his surprise!) that some of the women are tall. Is your show weirder than than sending five Amish people to live in the city. These are actual shows. Our most curious and freaky thoughts are real.
I would bet that, in the probably not distant future, you could come up with a premise that does involve someone dying and it will be a reality show.
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