In the passage "The Dangers of Reality T.V.", Timothy Sexton explains in different reasons why reality T.V. can be bad and dangerous. Sexton explains the importance of competition, value of image over ability and the obsolescene of education. In my essay I will be writing about image over ability and the affects that image can have over someone.
Image will have you thinking that you are better than everyone. If one has an attractive image and receives compliments constantly, one will forget about the importance of life and think that image will determine their ability to live.They will live their life based on looks and forget whats important in the world. They also forget that there's more to life than just looks such as personality.
Image will have you thinking that you don't need to work harder than others to get certain things. In paragraph three it states "On many of these television shows a contestant who is often considered the most qualified often loses out to another contestant who presents a hipper image". That is where image over ability can relate. Because of their looks, they won against a contestant who had all the skills. That's not fair to the contestant with the skills because now it seems that they have worked hard for no reason where as the contestant with the looks came into the game with the intention of winning just because of their looks.
Image will have you thinking things in life will come easy. It is not hard to get on a reality show with lack of skills since your appearance in image is attractive. On reality T.V. shows most of the time actors image is what catches our attention. Sometimes we wouldn't even know if they have other skills because all they present is their image. Before celebrities star in a reality show they have to look a certain way. They have make up artist, wardrobe artist and hair artist in which they prepare them so they can look their best. In reality shows such as "Love and Hip-Hop or "The Bag Girls Club" on their reunion show they show all of the girls being prepped and ready to go out on the show. The cameras show the cast getting ready then show them on stage all dolled up and camera ready.
Image over ability can affect one's way of living because image would be all that they know to survive rather than education and skill. Education and skill is very important because if you don't have the certain looks then what else would you rely on in life other than education and gain a good career from it. Reality T.V. only points out peoples image rather than their natural talents. Image over ability is the least thing that people need to think is important.
Hi Shanekwa,
ReplyDeleteI like the claim you made and how you supported it. After reading your essay it gave me a good understanding of why you think Reality TV is bad because most of the time it's about image more than ability. I was able to understand your point of view because you used reasons and evidence as to why people's image matters more on reality tv than his/her talents.
Hi Shanekwa,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the claim that you made about Reality TV. I understand your reasons and was impressed with your evidence. However, i would have wanted to know more about Reality TV as in adding more examples to support evidence and reasons from the article.
Hey Shanekwa,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your claim on how image can change ones perception on life. People with a lot of money or that dress extravagantly on TV are almost always presented as somewhat of a airhead. Regardless, they feel like they are entitled to everything they want and they usually get it. I also agree that the reason for this is that image is what grabs attention on TV.