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8rustlernews.com February 6, 2020 Reality TV You’re not living your best life without it
Bewitchingly good by Amya Terry, staff writer
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Don’t ever believe you’re above reality TV, because why? Are you too smart or something?
I guarantee you’re probably not. There’s so much reality TV gives to its viewers. They serve looks, laughter, shade, drama, and life lessons. You may be wondering why life lessons was added to that, but we’ll get to that later.
First, I’ll educate you on what reality TV truly is. There are different categories in reality TV, including the Bravo channel shows (Real Housewives, Mob wives, Vanderpump Rules), the different type of lives (Girls Incarcerated, My 600-lb Life, Undercover Wives), We’re Not Judging but We’re Judging (90 Day Fiance, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Married at First Sight), This is Too Fake to Enjoy (all of The Bachelor shows, and Love Island), the If you Win You Might Become Famous (America’s Next Top Model, Project Runway, Rupaul’s Drag Race, all the singing/dancing competitions) Shady, Messy and Hilarious (Bad Girls Club, Floribama Shore, Jersey Shore), and finally the Icons, which is different for everyone.
Now that I’ve broken this up into categories, we should talk about how we get life lessons out of this. Basically reality TV teaches viewers what not to do and how to deal with messy people.
Some examples include not telling your business and minding your own business like Kandi from Real Housewives of Atlanta. If necessary, you get into their mind like Kenya from RHOA, and New York from Flavor of Love. They are geniuses at doing this. They know how to get
under peoples’ skin without making a scene and win. A quote from New York doing this is “good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, not you, you can choke.” The girl she said this to was flabbergasted and incredibly hurt. It was a whole mess, but it worked because that girl got eliminated next. Now the love competitions such as Bachelor, Bachelorette, and Flavor of Love shows teach you not to rush love because... NO ONE WINS, EVER. It all just turns into stress, and no one wants that because stress can lead to high blood pressure and that’s just not cute. Honestly I would never. Also on the Bachelor they always end up cheating. One Bachelor didn’t even choose a girl to marry; he wasted everyone’s time, and I’m disgusted by this behavior.
Keeping Up With The Kardashians shows you that rich people have problems, too. Remember when Kim lost her diamond earring in the ocean at Bora Bora and her sister Kourtney who doesn’t understand had the nerve to say “Kim there are people that are dying.” Those are some real issues that no one should go through. Or that other time, Kourtney was laughing at Kim’s ugly cry face and was banished from Kim’s presence.
Bad Girls Club has taught me when you fight you look dumb, and that it always results in missing hair and hurt feelings. America’s Next Top Model taught me how to almost runway walk as good as queen Naomi Campbell herself. RuPaul’s Drag Race taught me to sashay away from stress. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills taught me the most insulting name to call someone, is a BEAST. “Shut your mouth I’ve had enough of you,
you Beast!!!” Kim says. “Beast?!? How dare you” Eileen responded. Honestly, this whole argument was hilarious. There was running, frozen faces, fake lips, and shock. Finally, Dance Moms taught me that when someone upsets you, drop everything you’re doing, go to Baskin Robbins, and then go to the police station to try and get that person arrested. I’ve had enough of Abby. I’m sure you’ve seen that clip of Abby rolling away around New York City, but to find out she’s gone to the police station again; this isn’t the first time she has got the police involved in her petty arguments with mothers and dance instructors. Seriously, Abby, the police have better things to do than deal with grown women arguing about why their daughter needs a solo. Grow up.
Moving on, we need to talk about our underrated royalty of reality TV. The cameramen and editors work hard to keep the laughter and drama running. These people are so shady. I believe there is probably a shade test you need to take before getting hired to be an editor. You cannot lie on a reality TV show because they’ll just replay the clip; they’ll stop the music in the background if you sound stupid, and cut stuff out, which is a powerful tool they use to trick peoples’ minds.
It’s cruel but necessary. Now onto the cameramen. They will chase you down if you’re angry or if there’s a fight, and they will look for reactions or people being sneaky to expose them later. It’s a crazy time.
You can learn a lot from reality TV and have a lot of laughs. If you want a better life, watch reality TV. If you wanna be miserable than don’t watch it.
by David Miller, staff writer
“The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina“ came back full force in January, and this season did not disappoint. It was an actionpacked thrilling journey and did not disappoint on clearing up the multiple questions that season two left us with. In season two we were left with a new Queen of Hell in the form of Lilith leaving the viewer with the question of, well if Satan is trapped in the body of Nic, who will the church of night worship? Well this story arch is one that is very well developed and is the main bulk of the episodes being about the idea of the church worshiping Lilith. This arch was something fascinating to see the overthrowing of a huge figure like Satan with a woman is unlike anything I’ve ever seen this season was one that tied up a bunch of loose ends. Sabrina confronts her destiny and really finds her way and what matters to her while still getting what she wants in Hell. Her journey takes her to Hell and back literally several times, but ultimately she goes back to her roots.
by Justin Freeny, staff writer
Last year, Netflix put out the oddball “You” that caught more than just a following with its sympathetic psychopath Joe Goldberg. With its first-person storytelling, it had viewers on their toes until the very end with the shocking season finale. But what was next? Joe finds another obsession and history repeats itself? Fortunately, season two found a refreshing plot with a new obstacle: the roller coaster that is Los Angeles. As expected from the end of the first season, Joe’s presumed dead exgirlfriend Candace makes a return and threatens Joe’s happiness. The new season delivered a new cast of welldeveloped characters and another riveting plot, centered around Joe’s new fixation, a girl named Love. This new season maintained, if not raised the levels of suspense that led to a twist that even M. Night Shyamalan wouldn’t see coming. With the third season being announced for 2021, fans will be gritting their teeth to get through the long wait.
