Scripted Reality.

As flu season is upon us, I can't help thinking about all the real aspects of life you never actually see on reality TV. You know what I'm talking about...the bouts of diarrhea, the sickness, and the bored days when you eat way too many tacos and sit in front of the TV for 11 straight hours unable to button your pants (probably watching a reality TV marathon...). I want to see the midnight runs for tampons, the uncomfortable misunderstandings, and the moments when people realize their birth control has failed. For some of the shows that haven't been around as long, you definitely get the feeling that what you're seeing is pretty real. You see the drunken meltdowns, the embarrassing one-nighters, and in the case of the Jersey Shore, a whole lot of peek-a-choo. But for bigger shows, like the Real Housewives and the aforementioned Kardashians, it seems like what you're getting is whatever the contracts for the cast say can be aired. Everyone is in wardrobe and makeup regularly and while some disputes are shown, you're usually just getting a run-down after the fact. I like my reality TV real. I'm just gonna put it out there. The reason I have followed shows like The Real World and The Jersey Shore for so long is because you never know what's going to happen. Good, bad, ugly, and everything in between, I like that I can feel better about some of my worst moments after watching those shows. For some reason, when I watch the Kardashians, I just end up feeling irritated. I feel cheated. I want to see what that family is really like when they aren't following a script. So here's what I think...pick which type of show you really are. You're either a sitcom or a reality show. You either follow a script...or you don't. Either you're an actor...or you're a real person putting it all out there for the world to watch, mock, and judge. I don't know about you, but I want my reality TV the way it was intended...REAL.