Well something I haven’t shared with you all is my avid love for reality television. I know I seem to only be involved with politics and my oh so emotional opinions on life, but when I get a chance to let my hair down, there’s nothing I enjoy more than to watch some good old, scripted, sexually biased, exceptionally comedic, reality television. I began in the 90’s with Real World and have been a dedicated follower since the beginning, with personal favorite season being Seattle ( you know the year that Stephen slapped oh girl in the mouth before she rode off in the cab!). Anyway, I have been officially sucked into the good, the bad, and the ugly (Temptation Island, Bad Girls Club, Survivor, Super Nanny, Who wants to Date a midget, Age of Love, America’s Top Model, Making the Band,Flavor of Love, Tru Life, Amazing Race, Biggest Loser, and Celebrity Rehab) just to name a few.
I’m not sure where my fascination comes from but I am just a fan, period. But last night, this reality junkie was pissed! Something I have grown to accept when watching my favorite reality show is frustration, but I know it makes for good ratings. But last night, VH1 went too far. I sat down to watch the latest installment of Rock of Love Charm school hosted by Sharon Osborne and actually felt so compelled that I wanted to write VH1. Now there are always villains and heroins in these shows, promiscuous girls and holier than though pretenders, but this show enlisted the cast of the hugely wild set of chicks from Rock of Love. Truthfully, there are usually one or two girls that I actually like and the rest are purely entertaining. But this season I actually like most of the girls, even in their ditsy attempts to become English inspired, remade ladies. I oblige the show because it actually seems like although it’s good old television, they are actually helping some ladies become more refined and helping them deal with their issues. Well the infamous Lacey, the redheaded disaster is the season’s villain and she does an amazing job at pushing my buttons every week. She plots against other girls to pick them off one by one by tormenting and abusing them, in one way or another and take pleasure in being a supposed know it all with false vegan principles. Now, before I voice my complaint let me state this, I enjoy the Charm school series (I think Monique was a much better host by the way) because it takes these women from these awful reality show reputations that they have gained and actually gives the life lessons on how to become a better woman, role model, and citizen. It tries to focus on the good in them while helping them diminish their exploitative and raunchy behaviors through a series of lessons and tasks. Okay, well since that’s the rundown on the show let’s get back to Lacey. She has had an ongoing beef with Dallas, a former Rock of Love girl with a pissy attitude and sometimes arrogant behavior. By all means I recognizes her flaws, but at least she doesn’t blatantly disrespect the other cast members, act boisterously, annoys everyone, and play angel in the face of the judges. And truthfully, she really showed a lot of growth on the show. Last night, she held her cool when Lacey spilled her drink on her, heckled here from around the pool, wiped her feet all over her personal clothing while lying in her bed, and ultimately ruined their challenge by being the WORST team member ever. I agreed, Dallas should have been big enough to step up to the plate and accept the task regardless of how much she hated the girl, but she’s human. I’m sure was just tired of being constantly disrespected and even more tired of Sharon seeing Lacey as someone who truly felt bad for her actions and was doing better. When I saw Sharon expel Dallas, I went through the roof!
Are you serious? Now I know it’s reality television but c’mon, that drama was so tactless. What kind of message was the show sending again? Don’t become a bigger or better woman just be a master ,manipulator and demean everyone around you and we want to reward you on our show. BULL!!! I actually though this show had some type of principle and positive responsibility to the young girls watching. I know they can laugh and enjoy the craziness of the house, but ultimately, giving a devilish character like Lacey the time on television that she ultimately desires most, is counter-productive and sen sent out the worst message to its views. I’s sorry VH1, I know you have to maintain you ratings, but bad choice.
Reality shows have to have thir place for the villlans and villanesses. I get that, but when they have one that is so grotesquely obnoxious that people actually stop watching it(Plenty of my friends have because of Lacey) it takes away, even from artificial nature of reality television (and that’s hard). Take someone like New York. She was a villan but at least she was a bit eaier on the eyes, composed her obnoxous behavior when necessary, and kept it together, She was apised villan as oppsed to LAcey whos just an annoying, drunk, ugly, wannabee, with a terrible dispositio on life, and extrelmmy flawed charter. Unfortunaltel VH1, you can’t save this one, and giving her a spin off, DON’T even think about it. It would be a disater for you station and to the eyes of all of your loyal supporters.
