Personally, I don't enjoy watching the popular reality tv shows like Jersey Shore, Teenmom, or The Real Housewives of New York. I'd rather spend my time dealing with my reality not others. Of course it is interesting how other people live their lives and how different or alike they are in comparison to ours. But personally I think it's a waste of my time to get wrapped up into the drama-filled lives of others. The reason people today are so enthralled by realtiy TV I believe is becasue we want to see how our lives size up to what the popculture says is 'reality.' We want to see if we are living like everyone else when really the the program shows the 'reality' or one or two lives--it's not how the whole world lives.
When I say I don't like reality TV, I have watched it before with my friends or just in passing. The reality TV that I really do enjoy and think is really cool is the TV show 'The Buried Life." The Buried Life has 4 guys who check off something from their bucket list every episode, and with every thing they complete they help someone else with their bucket list. For example, I watched Episode 3 from season 2, "Get married in Vegas.' In this episode, Dave, one of the boys, wanted to get married in Vegas with a girl he would meet in Vegas. His mission was successful, he married the lifeguard from the resort they stayed at. After they did what they wanted to do in Vegas, the boys helped one man with something he wanted to do before he died. This man, once very successful, was homeless living in underground tunnels, day by day. The boys took him to see his daughter, who he hadn't seen in 10 years, and his new grand daughter. The only thing he wished for was to see his family and the boy form The Buried Life helped him accomplish that.
I really like this show because it is simple, no drama, and genuine. They do what they want to and not what a producer or the viewers tell them. Also with everything the boys do (sometimes a little crazy and wild), they help someone less fortunate or who needs help to accomplish something that means a lot to them. I think this show provides a good message to everyone--life is short, do what makes you happy, help others, we are all in this together.
Interview with The Buried Life
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